Tuskegee University. National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. Examples from The Lovette W. Harper Collection of African Art

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2 TheLegacyMuseum received this collection in It consists of masks, regalia and personal adornments, objects created by artists for their clients, objects that house spiritual beings used for divination, objects that are used for rites of passage. There are, also, objects that are made for personal pleasure and everyday use, such as the Ndebele doll and the Dogon iron lamp. alumna Lovette Harper collected these works over many decades. The collection comes from many different parts of Africa and reflects the enormity of the continent. It must be remembered that the continent of Africa is three times the size of the contiguous 48 states and Alaska. In other words, you can superimpose the 48 states plus Alaska over Africa three times and still have space remaining. There are many different peoples, customs, languages, and religions. Dr. Jontyle Robinson, Curator Copyright 2009 National Center for Bioethics, TheLegacyMuseum Bioethics Building TheLegacyMuseum Tuskegee, Alabama All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the publisher. is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award doctoral, professional, master s and bachelor s degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia or call for questions about the accreditation of.

passage. There are, also, objects that are made for personal pleasure and everyday use, such as the Ndebele doll and the Dogon iron lamp. alumna Lovette Harper collected these works over many decades.

3 Lovette Washington Harper - Class of 1944 For twenty-seven years Mrs. Harper taught Mrs. Lovette Washington Harper is a former school from kindergarten to college. She was Director New York State educator, presently residing in Sarasota, Florida. For many years she had been engaged in school of Guidance on Long Island, where she was, also, an and community activities, including African American instructor at Hofstra University. In Ossining, New York, in Westchester County, she was guidance counselor and self-help, civil rights, and services to youth. Career Education Coordinator. After her retirement, she Her interests worked as an instructor also include African in the Psychology American and Department at the African history, art I feel satisfied that the objects I love have State University of and culture. York (SUNY) After her found a home where they can become an New College at Purchase, early education important part of the Legacy Museum s AfNew York. During in Tuscaloosa, rican art collection. It is my hope that they much of her career in Alabama, Lovette education, Lovette W. Harper graduated may serve as an inspiration to students and Harper maintained an from Julia Richman others as they learn more about our African avocational interest High School for in African American Girls in New York heritage.- Mrs. Lovette W. Harper History and African City. She returned arts and culture. Soon, to Alabama and however, African art received a B. S. degree exhibitions, workshops in Education from Tuskegee Institute and later a master s degree in guidance counseling and administration from for teachers and college students, and programs for community organizations and churches became her Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. Mrs. Harper did post-graduate study at the Bank forte. She enhanced these exhibitions, workshops, and Street College of Education in New York City and in the programs with travel to South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Department of Anthropology of Columbia University. Senegal, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Her other civic, community, and religious In addition, she studied West African History at responsibilities include the Association for African Mercy College, Westchester County, New York, and Comparative East African Societies at the University of American Life and History (ASALH), The NAACP, Massachusetts (UM). The UM program was a certified The First Congregational United Church of Christ, summer course given at three African universities: and the Board of the Friends of North Sarasota Public Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia; The University of Library. She has a sustaining level membership in the Nairobi in Kenya; and the University of Tanzania in Dar Schomburg Society of The New York Public Library. Mrs. Harper is the widow of Leonard A. Harper, es Salaam. At Tuskegee, Lovette Washington was a Class of 1943, of and the mother member of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society and was of two children. She has maintained very close ties listed in Who s Who Among Students in American with her Alma Mater by being a sponsor of the Scipio Universities and Colleges, At Hofstra Collection, an Inaugural Contributor to the Legacy University, she was elected to Kappa Delta Pi Education Walkway and White Hall Restoration Project and by Honor Society. As a graduate assistant she frequently being an Eminent Presidential Associate. In 2008, represented Hofstra University as a consultant to the Lovette Harper donated her collection of African Art New York State Bureau of Guidance. At Columbia, she to s Legacy Museum. was a research assistant for the anthropologist, Dr. Gene Weltfish.

For many years she had been engaged in school of Guidance on Long Island, where she was, also, an and community activities, including African American instructor at Hofstra University.

4 Mrs. Lovette W. Harper Collector and Donor

5 ABOVE: Sankofa Bird (mythology from the Akan people of West Africa) Dahomean cloth appliqué Fon People Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) West Africa TheLegacyMuseum Legacy 2008 Harper 0030

6 ABOVE: Mboom Beaded Helmet Mask Kuba People Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Central Africa Legacy 2008 Harper 0019

7 LEFT: Osyeba Reliquary Guardian Figure Mahongwe People Me Kambo Region Gabon West Central Africa Legacy 2008 Harper 0040 BELOW: Firespitter Crest Mask Senufo People Côte d Ivoire West Africa Legacy 2008 Harper 0007

Legacy 2008 Harper 0040 BELOW: Firespitter Crest Mask

8 LEFT: Kifwebe Wooden Face Mask Ba Songe People Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Central Africa Legacy 2008 Harper 0015 RIGHT: Nimba Shoulder Mask Baga People Guinea West Africa Legacy 2008 Harper 0052

9 above: Married Woman s Beaded Apron Ndebele People South Africa Legacy 2008 Harper 0058

10 above: Adinkra Cloth Ashanti People Ghana West Africa Legacy 2008 Harper Textile

11 above: FESTAC Festival Cloth Commemorates the Festival of Art and Culture in Nigeria West Africa Legacy 2008 Harper Textile

12 LEFT: Nwantantay Do Plank Mask or blade-shaped mask Bwa People of Central Burkina Faso and Mali Legacy 2008 Harper 0058

13 ABOVE: M buya Helmet Mask Pende people of Northern Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo Legacy 2008 Harper 0014

15 Acknowledgements Dr. Stephen Sodeke Interim Director Mrs. Juanita Roberts, Director Library Services Mr. Getchel L. Caldwell II, Vice President University Advancement Mr. Willie Burnett, Director Alumni Affairs Dana Chandler, Archivist Archives Roderick Wheeler, Scan Technician Library Deontae Walker Legacy Museum Student Assistant Dara Eskridge Legacy Museum Student Assistant Gloria Jones Legacy Museum Student Assistant The work of the is funded through Grant Number 5P76PS from the Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. The content of the materials do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care Staff Dr. Jontyle Robinson Curator Myrtis Morris Museum Office Manager Erick Butler Museum Technician LEFT: Ethiopian Story Painting (oil) Legacy 2008 Harper 0022

Assistant Gloria Jones Legacy Museum Student Assistant The work of the is funded through Grant Number 5P76PS424229-05 from the Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and

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DEFINITION OF THE CHILD: THE INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK. The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1990

DEFINITION OF THE CHILD: THE INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK Article 2: Definition of a Child The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1990 For tile purposes of this Charter.