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®Museum plunges headlong
into the world of African hair
By KATHERINE ROTH
Associated Press Writer
KEW YORK
It started with a ride on a New York subway —
and ended with a collection of some of the most
breathtaking hairstyles in Africa.
With enormous energy, humor and elegance,
New York’'s Museum for African Art has launched
what it calls the first American exhibit devoted
solely to African coiffeurs.
In “Hair in African Art and Culture” which
opened this week and later goes on a two-year
tour — hair rises into sculptures, is shaved into
intricate patterns and is adorned with beads,
coins, shells, feathers, wood and bone.
Shown are more than 170 muhfl:u.combu,
irpins, beads, headdresses and objects —
including an actual barber shop from Ghana.
Photographs illustrate the modern versions of
~hairstyles, some dating at least as far back as the
16th century.
Frank Herreman, the exhibit co-curator and
the museum'’s director of exhibitions, said he first
became intrigued with African hair by observing
black subway riders’ coiffeurs when he moved to
New York from Belgium in 1995.
“When | saw all those fascinating hairstyles
that kids have — braids and cornrows and things
like that — I thought it would be interesting to do
a show about that and just show that a lot of the
forms and techniques actually came from Africa,”
he said. “They brought them over. Many people
See AFRICAN HAIRSTYLES, page 2A
Preteen assault
victim faces uphill
battle for normal life
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
A 12-year-old Augusta girl who
was sexually assaulted by a 29-
year-old man, stands a signifi
cant chance of being psychologi
cally harmed — forever, accord
ing to experts who treat victims of
similar crimes.
Although Carlton Atkins Jones
of Augusta, remains behind bars
at the Richmond County Law
Enforcement Center facing a se
ries of charges, including aggra
vated child molestation, his young
victim will probably be adversely
affected for many years to come,
according to Dr. Amy House of
the Medical College of Geargia.
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wall during the instaliation of the “Hair in
African Art and Culture” exhibit at the Museum
of Africon Art in New York, Feb. 4, 2000. The
exhibit explores the significance of hair in Afri-
Jones allegedly kicked-in her door
after discovering the girl's par
ents were not home, according to
police records. The suspect then
forced the child into oral sex at
gunpoint, according to Richmond
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gather stolen items, including
guns and jewelry, according to
Investigator Mark Bowen.
After the suspect called for a
Radio Cab, police said the girl was
forced to help load the cab with
stolen items. She then ran to a
neighbor’s house and called po
lice after the suspect left in the
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See ASSAULT, page 3A
Local agencies respond to tornado victims
See PEOPLE, page 4A
Sickle Cell Anemia still a threat
See LIVING, page 10A
Gore visits Augusta, hails
Beulah Grove health clinic
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CAMPAIGNING IN AUGUSTA: Tipper Gore, wife of vice president Al Gorp, was
in Augusta last week where she visited the Beuloh Grove Resource Center. "o
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AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
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hopeful, uflm Al Tipper
Gore has made the typical appearances -
she's shaken hands, cooed at cuddly ba
bies, and taken pictures with some of the
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She's also been for the atypical —
bringing to the fore America’s homeless
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can society, including more than 170 masks,
figures, combs, hairpins, beads, headdresses
and other objects. An igbo or Ejaghom, Nige
rian wood figure is seen at left. (AP Photo Diane
Bondareff)
needs of the country’s uninsured.
In Augusta, on Friday February 11, she
focused more on the latter.
The unique, all-encompassing combi
nation of a community-based medical
clinic, family support, and emergency
services offered at Beulah Grove Com
taunity Resource Center, will “put Au
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See TIPPER GORE, page 2A
M‘ICHIGAN STUDY |
Race prejudice
drives affirmative
action opponents
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Associated Press Writer
The primary factor in Michigan residents’ oppo
sition to affirmative action is racial prejudice, ac
cording to a recent University of Michigan study.
The traditional form of prejudice that whites
think blacks are bio-
logically inferior has
shifted to more of an
emotional dimension
to how whites feel
about blacks, said
David R. Williams,
one of the authors of
the University of
Michigan study.
“What s impor
tant here 1s that we
are documenting
that racism still mat
ters a lot in matters
dealing with public
policy,” said Will
iams, a sociologist.
The study, conducted by Williams and James S.
Jackson at the University of Michigan Institute for
Social Research, is based on data from a 1995
survey of 1,139 adult white residents of Oakland,
Macomb, and Wayne counties, which make up much
of the metropolitan Detroit arca.
The researchers examined the relationship be
tween white support for government intervention
to improve the position of blacks and various mea-
See AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. page 2A
GABEO CONVENTION
Farrakhan, Jesse
to meet with
black lawmakers
ATLANTA
The Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials,
annual winter conference, Board Meeting/Commu
nity Retreat will be held February 25-27, 2000 at the
Paschals Center at Clark Atlanta University (808
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, N'W_ (404)577-3150).
Invited guests include: Minister Louis Farrakhan,
The Nation of Islam; The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rain
bow/PUSH Coalition; Dr. Jane Smith, National Coun
cil of Negro Women; Martin Luther King 111, Presi
dent of SCLC; Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, President
‘Emeritus of SCLC and Chair of the Coalition for the
People's Agenda.
This year's convention will feature presentations
by national and community leaders and a seminar on
the art of human engiheering given by the Honorable
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ruary 26, 12 noon, conference attendees will héar ™
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“What is
important here
is that we are
documenting
that racism still
matters a lot in
matters dealing
with public
policy.”
— David R. Williams,
sociologist