Comments on: Museum of the African Diaspora

Museum of the African Diaspora

trip and a half — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:08:21 -0800

MoAD is San Francisco's newest museum. The Museum of the African Diaspora is the latest addition to the SOMA neighborhood's expanding cultural riches, and promises to be fascinating (and, as far as I can tell, unique in the world). [more inside]

By: trip and a half

trip and a half — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:08:33 -0800

Replete with stories, a fascinating mosaic of images, and even an introductory podcast, it seems very well put together. Even though I can't make the grand opening events tomorrow night and Friday, I can't wait to visit.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:11:09 -0800

i've got moad dibs

By: pwedza

pwedza — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:53:44 -0800

Beautiful

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:12:52 -0800

Wow, that mosaic is amazing. Nice to hear about this. I will be interested in following the exhibits this museum offers and this will definitely go on my "must see" list for my next trip to the Bay area, whenever that may be. Thanks.

By: jann

jann — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:16:22 -0800

it's definitely not as fancy, but the schomburg center in new york is a great resource for anyone wanting to research the african diaspora.

By: wfrgms

wfrgms — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:30:13 -0800

Just once I'd like to see a musuem named "MoFo"...

By: Ayn Marx

Ayn Marx — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:59:13 -0800

Isn't everyone, ultimately, African? Wouldn't an African diaspora cover all people, who have now spread over the planet? I couldn't find anything on the site that explained how the museum defines their use of "African diaspora."

By: undule

undule — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:04:53 -0800

Isn't everyone, ultimately, African? They obviously mean "negroid/black diaspora." Which beggars a few questions really, but whatever.

By: trip and a half

trip and a half — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:20:49 -0800

Um, from the front page: MoAD connects all people through the art, culture and history of the African Diaspora. If you poke around the site, that's pretty much one of the major points: we all came from Africa.

By: Rothko

Rothko — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:20:16 -0800

The Museum of the African Diaspora is the latest addition to the SOMA neighborhood's expanding cultural riches, and promises to be fascinating (and, as far as I can tell, unique in the world) Nope. Nope. Nope.

By: Joeforking

Joeforking — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:03:52 -0800

I hope they have a picture of the black King of Scotland.

By: rootz

rootz — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 06:05:16 -0800

Interesting. I'm disappointed I cannot easily visit it. I hope that as their exhibit grows that they will begin to add details about what you might call the "second African Diaspora" - where today's well-educated (and less so) Africans willingly leave their own recently independent countries to seek fame, fortune, political asylum or even just economic survival, in foreign lands. There aren't many people discussing it, but I think this will become one of the most significant social changes the world faces in the 21st century. The movement, possibly temporary in some cases, of many brains and strong arms that the continent sorely needs will become a major talking point, especially for my generation who has left our country while retaining many not-so-tenuous links to it in the form of family, friends and experience. How does this affect the countries that absorb these migrants as well? My instincts tell me it is a cultural and economic gain overall, but the law of conservation probably applies.

By: quadog

quadog — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:26:43 -0800

The City of SF is gradually turning the Yerba Buena area into museum central. Within a few blocks of each other is SFmoma, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, Comic Book Museum, the now opened MoAD, with future plans for a Jewish Museum. Can't wait to check out the MoAD. Thanks for the post.

By: shoesietart

shoesietart — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:11:57 -0800

I volunteered at the commuity preview for the opening of MoAD. I was the docent for oldest knwn tools of man, which are on loan from the British Museum. The response to being able to hold 2 million year old objects was amazing - from people of all colors. And it did bring home the point that we are all African.