Memorial for the Slaves (Kumbukumbu Ya Historia Ya Watumwa) (Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania)
Dublin Core
Title
Memorial for the Slaves (Kumbukumbu Ya Historia Ya Watumwa) (Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Stone Town, Zanzibar
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Stone Town, Zanzibar
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Commemorative sculpture
Description
Five nude torsos of enslaved Africans emerge from stone pillars, whose rough and pebbled texture resemble the stones that fill the concrete pit that surround them. The five cast concrete figures, all but one of whom are chained around the neck, are located on the site of the last slave market in Africa.
Creator
Sörnäs, Clara
Source
Photographs by Adrienne Childs
Date
1998
Relation
To read more about the Stone Town of Zanzibar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, click here.
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Medium
Concrete
Bibliographic Citation
Meserette Kentake, "Memory for the Enslaved: Zanzibar," Kentake Page: A Love Affair with Black History. Accessed April 29, 2019, http://kentakepage.com/memory-for-the-enslaved-zanzibar/
Rights Holder
Renée Ater
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Collection
Citation
Sörnäs, Clara, “Memorial for the Slaves (Kumbukumbu Ya Historia Ya Watumwa) (Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed April 20, 2024, https://slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1150.