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Representations of violence: Art about the Sierra Leone Civil War

Abu-Hassan "Askia" Koroma
Abu-Hassan "Askia" Koroma

This document provides information about an exhibition at the Porter Butts Gallery at the University of Wisconsin from February 28 to March 30, 2003. It featured artwork by Sierra Leonean artists documenting the atrocities of the civil war in Sierra Leone through graphic mediums like paintings, drawings, and batiks. The exhibition contained biographies of the 14 artists and descriptions of over 60 of their artworks depicting horrific scenes and consequences of the war through a realist lens to promote conscious action.

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Exhibition Catalog & Conference Proceedings Porter Butts Gallery University ofWisconsin Memorial Union Madison,Wisconsin Feb 28 March 30, 2003 Edited by Patrick K. Muana and Chris Corcoran Curators:Abu-Hassan Askia Koroma & Karin L.Wolf Twenty-First Century AfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Alverno Exhibition: Dennis Glover , 2nd from left; Askia 4th from left, KarinWolf, Dara Larson Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
This unprecedented exhibition of viscerally potent art focuses on how Sierra Leonean Artists have documented the atrocities of war and how these representations of violence spur conscious action. Contains extremely graphic and violent images, which may offend some viewers. PROJECT Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Lawrence Conteh Marco S. Conteh Michael During Sahr Ellie Prince Foday M. Kallon OsmanTuzy Kamason Julius C. Parker (Choema) Ayo Peters Septimus Roy-Thompson Simeon Benedict Sesay Michael P. Silma Moses Silma Mamei Isata Sowa AmaduTarawally Rodney OluwoleTemple Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
After studying commercial art through correspondence courses, Parker enrolled at Milton Margai Teachers College to study Art and Crafts. He has been part of group exhibitions in the UK at Leeds Play House Gallery, Van Mildert College, University of Durham, Perens Art Gallery, Hull and, at the Commonwealth Institute in London. Basic facts of life with strong emotional appeal like love, hatred and fear, are constantly featured in his pen and ink drawings of the war, of which he is a victim. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Mabela 1998 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Power Madness 1999 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Man Proposes; God deposes 1998 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink Drawing, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Misrule 1999 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Behind Rebel Lines 1998 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Septimus Roy-Thompson is a well-known batik artist. He was born on September 8, 1964 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He is married with two children, a boy and girl. He is the founder of the Septo Youths Training and Production Center, which he founded on September 8, 1991 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Another Face Ten Years Ago 1999 Roy-Thompson, Septimus, (Sierra Leonean, b.1964) Batik, 71 x 50 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Sierra Leone: Ten Years Back 1999 Roy-Thompson, Septimus, (Sierra Leonean, b.1964) Batik on fabric, 55 x 48 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Another Face Ten Years Ago 1999 Roy-Thompson, Septimus, (Sierra Leonean, b.1964) Batik, 64 1/2 x 49 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Lawrence Conteh was born in 1981. (At the time of this project) He (was) a student at the Sierra Leone Grammar School. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Ten Years of Destruction 1999 Conteh, Lawrence, (Sierra Leonean, b.1981) Marker on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Amadu Tarawally was born on October 24, 1976 Freetown. He attended the Tabernacle W.A.M. primary school. Graduating from high school, Tarawally worked under the guidance of art tutor Ajibu Ajeebs Kabba. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
The Story of the War 2000 Tarawally, Amadu, (Sierra Leonean, b.1976) Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Ayo Peters was born on February 22, 1968 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He considers himself a Creative and Decorative artist. A graduate of the Sierra Leone Grammar School, he proceeded to work after the fifth form. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
January 6, 1999 Invasion Peters, Ayo, (Sierra Leonean, b.1968) Mixed Media, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Rodney Temple illustrates violence from what he believes is the cause of it in Sierra Leone - wide scale poverty. This, according to him, prevented parents from sending their children to school. Those kids were initially raised as petty traders whose enterprise came to a halt due to further economic problems. They therefore took to the ghetto, drinking, taking drugs and gambling. Temple believes that the idle man's mind is the devil's workshop. With the advent of armed struggle, these very youths became the core of operation. They were the first to receive the arms for destruction. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Decade of Violence in Sierra Leone 1999 Temple, Rodney Oluwole, (Sierra Leonean, b.1973) Watercolor on paper, 27 x 21 1/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Simeon Benedict Sesay is a self-trained artist living in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He attended the St. Edwards Secondary School from 1979 to 1986. He is currently working with the Ministry of Health as an artist in the Health Education Division. He did not attend any institution to be trained as an artist. He has a natural talent, which he tried very hard to develop, and has been very fortunate to win a couple of competitions at a national level. Looking back, I try as best possible to depict some of the horrors that were committed by the RUF Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Wahala Na Salone 1999 Sesay, Simeon Benedict Oil on Canvas, 31 x 25 2/10 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Horrors of War 2002 Sesay, Simeon Benedict Oil on Canvas, 32 x 261/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Child Combatants 2001 Sesay, Simeon Benedict Oil on canvas, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Handiworks of Child Combatants 1999 Sesay, Simeon Benedict Watercolor on paper, 36 x 291/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Moses Silma was born in Bendu, Jaiama Bongor Chiefdom in the Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone. He attended the University Secondary School, Njala from form one to form five. At the time of this work, Silma worked for the Njala University College as a photographer in training with eight years of experience as a graphic artist with the University. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Origins of the Rebel War 2000 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
The Bo - Freetown Highway Ambush 2000 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Rebel Slaves 2000 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Kamajors Attack On Koribondo 2000 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
January 6, 1999 1999 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Sahr Ellie attended the Roman Catholic Elementary School from 1962 to 69 and the Methodist City Mission Elementary School from 1969 to 70. He then proceeded to the Government Secondary Technical School, Freetown from 1970 to 77, He is currently a senior artist at the General Workshop for the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and attached to the Health Education Division. His work entails designing visual aids for the Health Education Unit. He is married with three children. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Operation Spare Nothing 1999 Ellie, Sahr Water color on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Village Under Attack 2000 Ellie, Sahr Water color on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Michael P. Silma is the younger brother of Moses Silma. At the time of this project, he was a student at the Ahmaddyya Muslim Secondary School, Kissy Dockyard, Freetown. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Massive Killer - Cut hand, Cut foot 1999 Silma, Michael P. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 15 1/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Operation No Virgin, 1999 Silma, Michael P Watercolor on paper, 17 x 15 1/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Road Attack, 2000 Silma, Michael P. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 15 1/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Osman Tuzy Kamason attended the Freetown Grammar School. At school, he trained in different areas such as painting, carving, engraving, sculpture, batik and gara tie and dyeing. In 1993, he was commissioned to create a statue that was erected in BO, the second largest city in Sierra Leone. The work was to bring to attention the rebel war and its atrocities. It was titled "Soldier Killed Rebel." Tuzy graduated with a painting and decorating diploma from the Government Technical Institute, Kissy, and Freetown in 1999. Currently, he works as an artist in the research and planning department of the Sierra Leone police Force as the police artist. He is married with three children. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Motherhood In The Bush 1999 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Pen and Ink, 20 x 17 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Butchering A Pregnant Woman 2001 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Oil on canvas, 23 x 20 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Lost Bondo Girls 2001 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Water Color on Paper, 24 x 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Mob Justice 2001 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Oil on canvas, 20 x 17 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Big Trouble After Intervention 1998 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Oil on paper, 28 2/8 x 24 2/8 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Michael During was born on June 8, 1958. His parents died when he was 18. Upon graduation. he was left to fend for himself and has been doing this ever since. He says art is a gift from God and he uses it to improve himself. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
January 6, 1999 Invasion 1999 During, Michael Watercolor on paper, 30 1/10 x 26 1/10 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Operation No Living Thing 1999 During, Michael Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Operation Pay Yourselves 1999 During, Michael Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Marco S. Conteh was born on January 27, 1948. He attended the American Wesleyan School in Binkolo. From there, he proceeded to the Government Boys Secondary School in Magburaka. From 1967 to 1970, he attended the Milton Margai Teachers College (now Milton Margai College of Education and Technology) From 1970 to 1972 He was an art lecturer at Magburaka Government Teachers College. From 1972 to 1974 he was a teacher at Magburaka Government Boys Secondary School. From 1974 to 1984 he was a teacher at The Prince of Whales School, Freetown. From 1984 to present he is a teacher at Milton MargaiTeachers College. Marco is a painter, sculptor, ceramicist, graphic artist, and art historian. He has attended several workshops including a workshop for African crafts experts in 1988 in Helsinki Finland from August 1 through August 12 and Stockholm Sweden from August 13 through August 18, 1988. Marco now holds a Bachelor of Education degree in Practical Arts Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Return of Democracy 1998 Conteh, Marco S. Oil on Canvas, 34 x 26 1/2, Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Doomsday 1999 Conteh, Marco S. Oil on Canvas, 33" x 24' Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
The Severely Wounded 1999 Conteh, Marco S. Oil on Canvas, 31 x 20 2/10 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Strip 1999 Conteh, Marco S. Oil on Canvas, 33 x 23 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Mamei Isata Sowa studied art at the Milton Margai Teachers College now, Milton Margai College of Education and Technology. She presently lives in the United States. About the art: The wailing women were a constant reminder of the carnage of war in Sierra Leone. Mourning for loved ones dead at the hands of rebels were a daily occurrence. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Bad News! 1997 Sowa, Mamei Isata Oil on canvas, 37 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Color Plate Childrens Drawings Ogram Collections This volume, pp. 78-90 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Prince Foday Musa Kallon: Prince Fodie Musa Kallon was born in 1948 and started schooling in 1958. He completed Secondary School in 1969 and started working at the Forest Industries Corporation in Kenema. He is married with four children. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
The Peace of Nature 1999 Kallon, Prince Foday Musa Oil on canvas, size Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Thank you for viewing the slides. Please take a moment and share with your network. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
Available: 4 10 weeks booking periods through 2017 36-41 Pen and ink, Painting on Canvas, Batik Space required: Approximately 898 Square feet For further information about this exhibition and CD, please contact: Askia Phone: +703-672-0631 infosl@aym-inc.org Karin L. Wolf Phone: 608-279-1846 E-mail: klwolf_53703@yahoo.com For more information about AYM visit our website http://www.aym-inc.org
Now Buy Catalog & Conference Proceedings Write A Book Review Sign Up for Our Newsletter Be a One Million Friends Of Sierra Leone Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.

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  • 1. Exhibition Catalog & Conference Proceedings Porter Butts Gallery University ofWisconsin Memorial Union Madison,Wisconsin Feb 28 March 30, 2003 Edited by Patrick K. Muana and Chris Corcoran Curators:Abu-Hassan Askia Koroma & Karin L.Wolf Twenty-First Century AfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 7. Alverno Exhibition: Dennis Glover , 2nd from left; Askia 4th from left, KarinWolf, Dara Larson Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 13. This unprecedented exhibition of viscerally potent art focuses on how Sierra Leonean Artists have documented the atrocities of war and how these representations of violence spur conscious action. Contains extremely graphic and violent images, which may offend some viewers. PROJECT Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 14. Lawrence Conteh Marco S. Conteh Michael During Sahr Ellie Prince Foday M. Kallon OsmanTuzy Kamason Julius C. Parker (Choema) Ayo Peters Septimus Roy-Thompson Simeon Benedict Sesay Michael P. Silma Moses Silma Mamei Isata Sowa AmaduTarawally Rodney OluwoleTemple Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 15. After studying commercial art through correspondence courses, Parker enrolled at Milton Margai Teachers College to study Art and Crafts. He has been part of group exhibitions in the UK at Leeds Play House Gallery, Van Mildert College, University of Durham, Perens Art Gallery, Hull and, at the Commonwealth Institute in London. Basic facts of life with strong emotional appeal like love, hatred and fear, are constantly featured in his pen and ink drawings of the war, of which he is a victim. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 16. Mabela 1998 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 17. Power Madness 1999 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 18. Man Proposes; God deposes 1998 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink Drawing, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 19. Misrule 1999 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 20. Behind Rebel Lines 1998 Parker, Julius C. (Choema) Pen and Ink, 24 X 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 21. Septimus Roy-Thompson is a well-known batik artist. He was born on September 8, 1964 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He is married with two children, a boy and girl. He is the founder of the Septo Youths Training and Production Center, which he founded on September 8, 1991 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 22. Another Face Ten Years Ago 1999 Roy-Thompson, Septimus, (Sierra Leonean, b.1964) Batik, 71 x 50 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 23. Sierra Leone: Ten Years Back 1999 Roy-Thompson, Septimus, (Sierra Leonean, b.1964) Batik on fabric, 55 x 48 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 24. Another Face Ten Years Ago 1999 Roy-Thompson, Septimus, (Sierra Leonean, b.1964) Batik, 64 1/2 x 49 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 25. Lawrence Conteh was born in 1981. (At the time of this project) He (was) a student at the Sierra Leone Grammar School. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 26. Ten Years of Destruction 1999 Conteh, Lawrence, (Sierra Leonean, b.1981) Marker on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 27. Amadu Tarawally was born on October 24, 1976 Freetown. He attended the Tabernacle W.A.M. primary school. Graduating from high school, Tarawally worked under the guidance of art tutor Ajibu Ajeebs Kabba. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 28. The Story of the War 2000 Tarawally, Amadu, (Sierra Leonean, b.1976) Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 29. Ayo Peters was born on February 22, 1968 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He considers himself a Creative and Decorative artist. A graduate of the Sierra Leone Grammar School, he proceeded to work after the fifth form. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 30. January 6, 1999 Invasion Peters, Ayo, (Sierra Leonean, b.1968) Mixed Media, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 31. Rodney Temple illustrates violence from what he believes is the cause of it in Sierra Leone - wide scale poverty. This, according to him, prevented parents from sending their children to school. Those kids were initially raised as petty traders whose enterprise came to a halt due to further economic problems. They therefore took to the ghetto, drinking, taking drugs and gambling. Temple believes that the idle man's mind is the devil's workshop. With the advent of armed struggle, these very youths became the core of operation. They were the first to receive the arms for destruction. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 32. Decade of Violence in Sierra Leone 1999 Temple, Rodney Oluwole, (Sierra Leonean, b.1973) Watercolor on paper, 27 x 21 1/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 33. Simeon Benedict Sesay is a self-trained artist living in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He attended the St. Edwards Secondary School from 1979 to 1986. He is currently working with the Ministry of Health as an artist in the Health Education Division. He did not attend any institution to be trained as an artist. He has a natural talent, which he tried very hard to develop, and has been very fortunate to win a couple of competitions at a national level. Looking back, I try as best possible to depict some of the horrors that were committed by the RUF Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 34. Wahala Na Salone 1999 Sesay, Simeon Benedict Oil on Canvas, 31 x 25 2/10 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 35. Horrors of War 2002 Sesay, Simeon Benedict Oil on Canvas, 32 x 261/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 36. Child Combatants 2001 Sesay, Simeon Benedict Oil on canvas, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 37. Handiworks of Child Combatants 1999 Sesay, Simeon Benedict Watercolor on paper, 36 x 291/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 38. Moses Silma was born in Bendu, Jaiama Bongor Chiefdom in the Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone. He attended the University Secondary School, Njala from form one to form five. At the time of this work, Silma worked for the Njala University College as a photographer in training with eight years of experience as a graphic artist with the University. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 39. Origins of the Rebel War 2000 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 40. The Bo - Freetown Highway Ambush 2000 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 41. Rebel Slaves 2000 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 42. Kamajors Attack On Koribondo 2000 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 43. January 6, 1999 1999 Silma, Moses Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 44. Sahr Ellie attended the Roman Catholic Elementary School from 1962 to 69 and the Methodist City Mission Elementary School from 1969 to 70. He then proceeded to the Government Secondary Technical School, Freetown from 1970 to 77, He is currently a senior artist at the General Workshop for the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and attached to the Health Education Division. His work entails designing visual aids for the Health Education Unit. He is married with three children. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 45. Operation Spare Nothing 1999 Ellie, Sahr Water color on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 46. Village Under Attack 2000 Ellie, Sahr Water color on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 47. Michael P. Silma is the younger brother of Moses Silma. At the time of this project, he was a student at the Ahmaddyya Muslim Secondary School, Kissy Dockyard, Freetown. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 48. Massive Killer - Cut hand, Cut foot 1999 Silma, Michael P. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 15 1/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 49. Operation No Virgin, 1999 Silma, Michael P Watercolor on paper, 17 x 15 1/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 50. Road Attack, 2000 Silma, Michael P. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 15 1/2 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 51. Osman Tuzy Kamason attended the Freetown Grammar School. At school, he trained in different areas such as painting, carving, engraving, sculpture, batik and gara tie and dyeing. In 1993, he was commissioned to create a statue that was erected in BO, the second largest city in Sierra Leone. The work was to bring to attention the rebel war and its atrocities. It was titled "Soldier Killed Rebel." Tuzy graduated with a painting and decorating diploma from the Government Technical Institute, Kissy, and Freetown in 1999. Currently, he works as an artist in the research and planning department of the Sierra Leone police Force as the police artist. He is married with three children. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 52. Motherhood In The Bush 1999 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Pen and Ink, 20 x 17 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 53. Butchering A Pregnant Woman 2001 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Oil on canvas, 23 x 20 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 54. Lost Bondo Girls 2001 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Water Color on Paper, 24 x 18 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 55. Mob Justice 2001 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Oil on canvas, 20 x 17 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 56. Big Trouble After Intervention 1998 Kamason, Osman Tuzy, (Sierra Leonean) Oil on paper, 28 2/8 x 24 2/8 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 57. Michael During was born on June 8, 1958. His parents died when he was 18. Upon graduation. he was left to fend for himself and has been doing this ever since. He says art is a gift from God and he uses it to improve himself. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 58. January 6, 1999 Invasion 1999 During, Michael Watercolor on paper, 30 1/10 x 26 1/10 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 59. Operation No Living Thing 1999 During, Michael Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 60. Operation Pay Yourselves 1999 During, Michael Watercolor on paper, 28 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 61. Marco S. Conteh was born on January 27, 1948. He attended the American Wesleyan School in Binkolo. From there, he proceeded to the Government Boys Secondary School in Magburaka. From 1967 to 1970, he attended the Milton Margai Teachers College (now Milton Margai College of Education and Technology) From 1970 to 1972 He was an art lecturer at Magburaka Government Teachers College. From 1972 to 1974 he was a teacher at Magburaka Government Boys Secondary School. From 1974 to 1984 he was a teacher at The Prince of Whales School, Freetown. From 1984 to present he is a teacher at Milton MargaiTeachers College. Marco is a painter, sculptor, ceramicist, graphic artist, and art historian. He has attended several workshops including a workshop for African crafts experts in 1988 in Helsinki Finland from August 1 through August 12 and Stockholm Sweden from August 13 through August 18, 1988. Marco now holds a Bachelor of Education degree in Practical Arts Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 62. Return of Democracy 1998 Conteh, Marco S. Oil on Canvas, 34 x 26 1/2, Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 63. Doomsday 1999 Conteh, Marco S. Oil on Canvas, 33" x 24' Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 64. The Severely Wounded 1999 Conteh, Marco S. Oil on Canvas, 31 x 20 2/10 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 65. Strip 1999 Conteh, Marco S. Oil on Canvas, 33 x 23 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 66. Mamei Isata Sowa studied art at the Milton Margai Teachers College now, Milton Margai College of Education and Technology. She presently lives in the United States. About the art: The wailing women were a constant reminder of the carnage of war in Sierra Leone. Mourning for loved ones dead at the hands of rebels were a daily occurrence. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 67. Bad News! 1997 Sowa, Mamei Isata Oil on canvas, 37 x 24 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 68. Color Plate Childrens Drawings Ogram Collections This volume, pp. 78-90 Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 69. Prince Foday Musa Kallon: Prince Fodie Musa Kallon was born in 1948 and started schooling in 1958. He completed Secondary School in 1969 and started working at the Forest Industries Corporation in Kenema. He is married with four children. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 70. The Peace of Nature 1999 Kallon, Prince Foday Musa Oil on canvas, size Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 71. Thank you for viewing the slides. Please take a moment and share with your network. Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.
  • 73. Available: 4 10 weeks booking periods through 2017 36-41 Pen and ink, Painting on Canvas, Batik Space required: Approximately 898 Square feet For further information about this exhibition and CD, please contact: Askia Phone: +703-672-0631 infosl@aym-inc.org Karin L. Wolf Phone: 608-279-1846 E-mail: klwolf_53703@yahoo.com For more information about AYM visit our website http://www.aym-inc.org
  • 74. Now Buy Catalog & Conference Proceedings Write A Book Review Sign Up for Our Newsletter Be a One Million Friends Of Sierra Leone Twenty-FirstCenturyAfricanYouth Movement, Inc.