5/11/2023 0 Comments Glimpses sudans pyramids![]() He has previously taught at Princeton, Harvard, Duke, Cornell, Yale, Cambridge Universities, and the University of Ghana. Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist currently teaching at the College of Arts and Science and the Law School of New York University. Kwame Anthony Appiah Philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist The Paul Mellon Lecture is made possible by the Paul Mellon Education Fund. Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Rockefeller Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah will discuss WMF’s efforts to preserve the tomb of Taharka at Nuri in Sudan the Koutammakou Cultural Landscape on the border of Benin and Togo the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia and the Historic Sites of Kilwa in Tanzania. Professor Appiah is a WMF Trustee and a member of the Visiting Committee for the Michael C. ![]() It will also consider how new spaces are being created today, like the Du Bois Museum Complex, highlighting the relationship between place, memorialization, and time. The lecture will address the complex and varied interactions between cultural heritage and questions of identity, memory and community in various African countries. Join philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah for a reflection on the cultural heritage of Africa, from the Nubian pyramids of Sudan to the Koutammakou Cultural Landscape in Benin and Togo, and the redesign of the W.E.B.
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