Performed at the ICA, Boston, MA | 7-21-2022 | on the occasion of the exhibition “I AM AS I AM A MAN” by Napoleon Jones-Henderson

A performance that embodies the sacredness of the human and spiritual world. Inviting the audience to participate in a ritual that honors the lessons and [re]membering of African indigenous languages, stories, proverbs, and ancestors. Grounded in the tradition of the American South, Ga-Dagbe and Eʋwe people in Ghana.

The performance included percussion, performed by Algo Rias

singing performed by Thamanai and Dzidzor

poetry performed by Dzidzor

Performances will welcome the audience into the first gallery (orange room) with a poem, featuring Brother Askia Toure and a percussionist. Then Dzidzor will invite the audience to participate in a moving, call, and response ring shout while moving through the exhibition and continue in procession to the Requiem gallery (blue room). The performance will be in homage to Napoleon Jones-Henderson’s shrine-like sculptures. Lifting up the exultation of the African-American church through proverbs of African griots and songs from Spirituals, Gospels, and Sacred festivals.