Jewl h group
y BI�c are
m anti mltlc
YO N.Y.(NBNS)-
A report released last Mon
day by the Anti· Defamation
League alleges that African
Americans are the most anti
Jewish ethnic group in
America. The survey con
ducted by the Boston finn of
Marttila & Kiley said 37% of
Black Americans fell into the
survey's category of "most
anti-Semitic." .
Only 17% of whites fell
into this category. The group
determined whom it con
sidered antl-Semitic by the
nswers to 11 questions.
Among the questions asked
were "Do you think Jews
have too much power in
A.m.crica?� and �.DQ you
be J to loyal_
Isr el tban to America?"
About 1,400 people sur
veyed.
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According to Stallin the gallery
will open with wor by J cob
Lawrence, RichMd Thomas Holyfield,
Ann Lee, Eamie Brown, Goodnight
and other prominent African-American
artist
"I have this passion for the visual
art," Stallings said. "But more impor
tantly, I have this passion for making
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By NATH'ANIEL SCOTT
S".�I To Mlchlg.n CItizen
DETROIT-The West African Art
exhibit and sales on exhibit ovem
her 22 through December 22 in the
Dably's GaJlery is sponsored by
African-American artist James
Lewis.
Lewis owns and operates Dably's
Gallery and Publishing Company in
the David Whitney Building 1553
Woodward Ave, Suite 202.
IN THIS EXHmIT of West
African art, there are masks, bronze .
and wood, jewelry, gold dust weights,
cloth and kcnte strips, fabrics, trade
beads made in the early 17CTh, carv
ings, mud cloth, instruments and
replicas of African game.
The art work comes from Yoruba,
Luba, Lobi, Mana, Ashanti, Dan,
Fang,�,�kwe,Pende,Bobo,
Guro, Senufo and Baga.
Lewis contends that Kera has over
"300 pieces" of art in this exhibit and .
the value is "at least $3OO,<XXJ."
Some of the masks are 70 to 80
years old and were and are used in
dances,' rites of passage, harvest and
marriage ceremonies.
Moreover, Kera said, "Some
people used to worship these masks."
There are masks at various prices
but the most expensive ones sell for
The West African art, collected by
Ousmana Kera, a West African from
Monrovia, Liberia, is being presented
in Dably's Gallery on the second floor
of the David Whitney Building
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DABL GALLERY
David Whltn�y B
1553 Woodward Ave., 2nd FI
Detroit. MI 48226 -
(Peop Mover Stop 113
313-964-4247
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Presents
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. OUSMANA KERA
African Art Trader
November 22 - December 22, 1992
11 - 8 PM • 7 Days 'a week
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OUSMANA IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE U.S.
FOR HIS FINE SELECTION OF:
Ma • Fabrics
Jewelry Trade Bead.
Gold Dust Wights carving.
Cloth & Kente Strip. Mudd Cloth
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News Watch and to subscribers of
Mead Data Central.
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$3,000, Kera said.
However, Lewis said, "Historical
ly, they are priceless."
THE "TRADE BEADS," which
occasionally are found in America
and in the Canbbean Islands, were
used during the slave trade, Lewis
said. They are called "African trade
beads but they were made by the
Europeam for trading purposes."
Lewis said his ory claims that ap
proximately "300,000" of the "trade
beads" were made and all bUt 2S per
'cerit'Mvc 1ieeri moo ·
For Kera, the task of trading with
West Africans for art work is easy
compared to getting the artwork out of
the countdes,
"The difficulty is not getting the
artwork, " hew said: "The difficulty is
getting it out of the country because
the governments· don't like important
stuff to go out"
Kera, who speaks English,
Swahili, French and Guinea, has been
an art trader for better than 20 years.
He and Lewis are trying mange the
exlii�it to coincide with Blac.kHistory
Month and also to create a lecture
series so Kern's knowledge about
West African art can be utilized in a
learning situation.
Lewis, a "self taught visual artist, "
approach to art is different from the art
(sales) exhibit Kera has put together .
In at least two categories, move-
ment and coloring, Lewis' art is
remindful of ' the work of Jacob
Lawrence.
IN ONE PAINTING titled
"Watch Me Dance," Lewis uses the
two and three color combination that
Lawrence is famous for, explicitly.
The motion flows effortlessly.
"She taught," he said, "I was in
volved in an accident in 1973. I had a
back injury and part of my therapy
was art work."
From that beginning the creative
giant that rages inside of Lewis bas not
been at rest and today, he said, ''I have
painted over 5,<XXJ pieces."
There is a world of beauty in the
two art forms: the West African art
and the art of aDrAfrican. And when
one 100 cl ely there is continuity.
SCULPTURE
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Gaur .. ? AEricoan ICWpt",. ie pbww.
ful, pc'OYOCAtlVe, and ptovWee... •
dtina and uniClII. touch to .....
� d COl. We have a fane .... cuon of
tladitlonal IT • (i,ur .. , and och.
wooden ani 'acta (many of coll.e_
quality) from aU parts of Africa. On
the conlempotaty ide, thorn CAIV •
Inl' from Nigeria and Mwuli wood
ani:n.la from Kenya; c:h&tmi", Poet
wax- bronu. from W .. cAlrica,Md
beautifully deedtd bu.t.aand�
In.oapetone,lCIpCntin.,and·�c.
from J<any and ZimbNwc.