Textiles Tell Stories Highlights BU Libraries African Textiles Collection
Photo by Jake Belcher
BU Today featured the new Special Collections exhibition, Textiles Tell Stories: Exploring the African Studies Library Collection, and spoke with the African Studies librarians and faculty and scholars of BU’s History of Art & Architecture department who curated the exhibition of African textiles held at the BU Libraries. At the opening of this exhibition and its complementary community exhibit, Textiles Tell OUR Stories, BU students, faculty, staff learned how symbolic, political, and ceremonial textiles have been used in Africa and continue to have significance today and celebrated in community.
From the feature story:
On a recent Wednesday evening, Mugar Memorial Library looked a little different.
From the back of the library, beyond the rows of students silently studying, emanated the sound of African music and the aroma of plantains and jollof rice. Colorful textiles lined the walls, and the space was humming with BU community members.
The occasion? The opening of the new BU Libraries exhibition, Textiles Tell Stories: Exploring the African Studies Library Collection, which showcases the University’s rich collection of African textiles.
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To view the exhibition, visit the Gotlieb Gallery on the first floor of Mugar Memorial Library, during regular library hours. View our visitor policy non-BU community members and request to visit.