Every year for many years now, February has become synonymous with the celebration, commemoration and salutation to inspiring African American icons , the heroes and sheroes and all the surrounding connections of contribution to the advancement of the African people and influencing human development the world over. In Zambia the African American community and its Zambian friends have organized past events together to express the solidarity of this connection. Separated by history, united by the future, the present connection is a testimony of things already happening, at individual , societal , or institutional and government.
The evidence of this deep inspiration African American achievements have had across the African continent is obvious to see in many forms of lifestyle. Be it in art, music, film fashion, beauty industry and even language the influence of African American history on ordinary citizens is a full circle of that African connection. Jack Menke a Doctor working with Kara Counselling on HIV / AIDS and Zenzele Chulu , Vice Chairperson of Visual Arts Council , have organized an art exhibition, " The African Connection" focusing on the theme of Black History Month as part of a series of educational and social activities in the month of February 2010 in conjunction with the US Embassy in Lusaka.
Jack Menke's work is executed in black and white , grey scale portraits of icons in the hall of fame in the African American and African history, medium size and large than life size all gaze at the viewers with sense of achievements in their various fields of activity. Zenzele Chulu on the other hand has an assemblage pieces of paper , entitled Wall of Fame , with eyes of African and African American heroes and sheroes only drawn on paper.
Other artists featuring are from Art Academy Without Walls with mostly Obama and Mandela portraits in various medium.
. – Zenzele Chulu
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