Chaz Guest
Kitty Pope writes:
Noted
and talented artist Chaz Guest has been chosen as the U.S. National
Spokesperson for the upcoming 2014 International Roots Festival taking
place in the Gambia, West Africa on May 9-17. It was Guest idea to
rename Gambia's James Island to Kunta Kinteh Island, and he suggested
this when he was a visiting American artist with His Excellency Sheikh
Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya A. J.J. Jammeh, President of the Republic of
The Gambia. The renaming ceremony took place at the 2011 Roots Festival.
Guest was commissioned to do the replica for a statue that will be
erected on the island in honor of Kunta Kinteh. Read more
2014 Gambia International Roots Festival
An African Diaspora Homecoming
"The Ultimate Experience in Cultural Heritage Tourism"
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