Tembe Afaka Art Exibition

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              



This week we had the pleasure of diving into Surinamese artist Marcel Pinas art exibition "Tembe Afaka", which is part of a much larger project. Marcel takes us into his wonderful world of the Ndyuka Maroon people, where he sheds new light on the ongoing theme "Kibri a Culture" (protect the culture), to which he has dedicated years and years too. Marcel is descended from the Ndyuka people, a group of seventeenth century African slaves who came to Suriname to work on the plantations. The Ndyuka people eventually liberated themselves from slavery and settled in the jungle. The purpose of the "Tembe Afaka"project is for the preservation of his ancestry culture that is on the brink of being lost. Marcel is known for his use of elemental forms that are derived from the wood carving motifs of the Ndyuka, which are handed down for generations by the Maroon Craftsmen (Tembe), and the Afaka script. We were presented with simple yet beautiful glass and wooden installations, which would be a great for a photoshoot.

This Installations is made entirely out of the Afaka script entwined in each other. This script consists of 56 symbols and was developed at the beginning of the twentieth century as the language Ndyuka, the creole version of English. This Installations would be beautiful as a the background for a photoshoot.