The personally selected, awe-inspiring collection of Brooklyn’s African art enthusiast Eric Edwards is now on view at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
A selection of 35 cultural artifacts from Edwards’s private collection is on display as the “Brooklyn is Africa: Survival + Persistence=Resistance” exhibit. The exhibit is free and available for public viewing every day, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m., through March 3, 2023.The exhibit opened on Feb. 24 and an enthusiastic crowd of more than 250 people showed up to attend the event in Downtown Brooklyn.
Having visited all 54 countries on the continent over several decades, Edwards has collected thousands of unique African artifacts––some of which date back to from 3,000 to 4,000 years. He’s working to establish a home for his collection in the newMeanwhile, the works on view at Borough Hall—and will occupy the CMAA––are displayed in a way that Edwards said gives “voice to the artifacts.
“This is a statue of ancestral people, which is very important to the Nigerian people, as a symbol of their heritage, esteem, and strength. Its essence centers and focuses on the individual that possesses it, as an object of the strength and power of that individual. CMAAEEC has one of the largest ever produced in Nigeria, created by a small ethnic group, ‘Kinga’ of Northern Nigeria, particularly renowned for their artistic creations of Heritage power figures of their people.
Edwards started collecting and curating African art in 1971. He was inspired by the teachings of his father, who tried to instill in him and his siblings an understanding of who they are and the African culture that is in their DNA. Edwards said his father, an immigrant from Barbados, wanted to ensure that his children understood the history of Africa and its contributions to the world. He is trying to pass on that same understanding to today’s youth by sharing his collection.
“People of African descent and their contributions are exhibited by the excellence of their creations and the workmanship that went into it,” Edwards said during a press preview of the exhibit. “Those people that were brought here over 400 years ago, in bondage—they didn’t come here as ignorant slaves. They came as people from various different parts of a huge continent which we know of as Africa, and with incredible skills.
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