OSZA-SF DIASPORA CENTER FOR AFRICAN ARTS HISTORY AND CULTURE
- INTRODUCTION
The OSZA-SF Diaspora Center for African Arts History and Culture is an aspiring project aiming at showcasing African culture, narratives, and history. It a futuristic center for aspiring constructive environment of ideations, promotion, and preservation of African culture.
- VISION
To promote and preserve African heritage with cultural exhibitions and linguistics preservation MISSION
To create a sanctuary for all things original and African.
To organize events and activities that will seek out and amplify the un-advertised but valuable items that make up the lives and achievements of Africans through times, past, present, and future.
To preserve African identities and ensure future generation do not lose track of their ancestral origins.
- OBJECTIVES-BROAD
To build and operate a facility that will create and curate events, shows, lectures, seminars, masterclasses, fund research and preserve documentations and compilations, towards the preservation of the African concept in all ramifications.
- OBJECTIVES-SPECIFIC
- To raise funds
- Acquire land
- Design and build a state-of-the-art facility with a library, administration offices and Hall spaces for events.
- Continuously curate and host regular events that highlight African creatives and contributions.
- Partner with institutions, intelligentsia, and culture groups to continuously create conversations on all things African and to amplify such conversations through all media platforms.
- SYNOPSIS (SUMMARY)
The OSZA-AF Diaspora Center for African Arts History and Culture (OSZA-SF DCBAAHC) is a project that is conceived in the hearts of some Africans residing in South Florida USA. The project seeks to raise funds and to build a state-of-the-art cultural center that will preserve African identities and culture into the future. The project is justified by the need to preserve African histories and cultures in a continuously evolving world.
- GENERAL PROJECT PROFILE
- The OSZA-AF Diaspora Center for Black African Arts History and Culture (OSZA-SF DCBAAHC) is designed to be self-sustaining by organizing events and selling tickets for attendance.
- It is designed as a not-for-profit project thus any funds realized will be committed to funding research and documentation of African anthropology.
- The project will also maintain a special library of African studies and a small museum of contemporary African arts and artifacts.
- The project will be managed by hired staff but controlled by a board of directors.
- FEATURED ASPECTS
- Art Exhibitions
Regularly the project will organize joint exhibitions from Artists whose work have African themes and concepts. Thus, it must not necessarily feature only artists of African Descent, but any artist from anywhere in the world whose art content being exhibited is entirely African. These events will also be available for sponsorship and branding to further raise funds
- Historical Shows
The project will organize and curate historical lectures and presentations and masterclasses on African history. Attendance will be by paid registration but entirely free to students of any institution in America. These events will also be available for sponsorship and branding to further raise funds
- Book Readings
Authors, old and new, whose works are germane to the project will occasionally be invited to give readings at the center. These events will also be available for sponsorship and branding to further raise funds
- Musical Concerts
The project will regularly organize and curate musical concerts with artists from all over the world, but whose musical themes are African. These concerts will sell tickets and funds raised will be applied to day to day running of the center as well as funding research. These events will also be available for sponsorship and branding to further raise funds.
- African Fashion Shows
The project will also regularly organize and curate fashion shows featuring designers whose themes are African. Participation will be paid for by the designers. Attendance will be by tickets and also the shows will be available for sponsorship and branding to further raise funds.
- African Chef Shows
The project will also organize chef shows. Chefs from anywhere in the world who cooks African dishes can participate. Attendance will be by tickets. These events will also be available for sponsorship and branding to further raise funds
- African Anthropology and Language Events
Lectures and presentations on African languages will be available regularly. The resource persons will be selected from all over the world. The lectures will be sponsored but entirely free to attendees.