MS_0002_03_025 Mwasi Yakumu Iyodade'
- Title
- MS_0002_03_025 Mwasi Yakumu Iyodade'
- Description
- In this piece, Allen pays homage to Black women as goddesses in an effort to change the image of how God has been portrayed. The beginning of the name, “Mwasi Ya Kumu,” means Queen in the Lingala language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Iyalodé” is also one of the names of the orisha, Oshun.
- Creator
- Steve R. Allen
- Date Submitted
- 2019
- Identifier
- 03
- Publisher
- Elona M. Jones
- shortDescription
- The painting is one of six recently donated to the archives by world-renowned artist Steve R. Allen. The donation was part of Allen’s multi-million dollar HBCU gifting initiative.
- Medium
- Mixed Media Giclee' on canvas.
- Item sets
- MS_0002_FAMU Slavery Memorabilia
