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Robert Farris Thompson: Eshu in the Americas co-presented with MoCADA
March 18, 20106:00pm - 8:00pm
FREE
Location: MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Yale Professor of African & African-American Art History, Yoruba practitioner and internationally acclaimed author, Dr. Robert Farris Thompson will present a dynamic lecture/discussion on the Yoruba deity Eshu (the Trickster). Dr. Thompson will trace the deity's history from West Africa to the Americas and how the Yoruba religion is practiced today.
A Q&A will follow the presentation, and Dr. Thompson will sign his signature book Flash of the Spirit, along with a small reception.
The book will be available at MoCADA's store for $14.95.
