Description
- Abstract:
- The memorial sits on .35 acres and includes seven distinct design features: Wall of Remembrance, Ancestral Re-Internment Grove, Memorial Wall, The Ancestral Chamber, Circle of the Diaspora, Spiral Processional Ramp, and The Ancestral Libation Court. The visitor is invited to walk through the monumental triangular structure known as “The Ancestral Chamber,” which represents the Middle Passage across the Atlantic Ocean. After passing through the chamber, the visitor encounters a spiral memorial wall featuring twenty religious symbols including a number of Adinkra symbols (Akan peoples, Ghana). The floor of the monument includes a world map centered on the West African coast with sun rays radiating towards North America, Brazil, Europe, and the Caribbean Islands.
- Notes:
- African Burial Ground Monument (New York, New York), Brown University Library
- Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- CC0 1.0
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Highsmith, Carol M.,
"African Burial Ground Monument (New York, New York)"
(2007).
Burial Grounds.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:cg7kcwpf/
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Burial Grounds
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