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Focus
‘African Spirits* Open Gallery Season
Foreign ancestry July
focus at Interstate
Firehouse Cultural Center
'Nurturer' is an acrylic
on canvas painting
depicting a mother and
child by Ghanaian
painter and sculptor
Astraal.
Boy Bom to Angie Martinez and Nokio
(AP) — Elektra recording art
ist and New York radio person
ality Angie Martinez, whose al
bums include "Animal House”
and “Up Close and Personal,”
has given birth to a baby boy,
Niko Ruffin.
The baby, who w eighs 9
pounds and is 2 1 inches long, was
bom Thursday in Manhattan, the
record label said Friday.
Niko’s father is R&B singer
Nokio from DefJani recording group
DruHill.
Angie Martinez does the after
noon show at WQHT, New York,
Hot 97.
This is the couple’s first effild.
M flflC fllT T i FflIUA, DC.
Esu, The Provider, ’ is a
welded steel sculpture by
Mufu Ahmed who retains the
indigeneous values of his
V African culture in his art.
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Nigerian artist
Mufu Ahmed will
display som e o f
his works at the
Interstate
Firehouse Cultural
Center in July.
Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center opens its 2003-2004 gal
lery season on July 3 with “Afri
can Spirits: Yoruba Gods and
Goddesses o f Nigeria,” a collec
tion o f metal sculptures by Mufu
Ahmed and “Celebration o f an
Astraal H eritage,” paintings by
Ghanaian artist Astraal.
Both exhibits open just in time
for First Thursday, the free pub
lic IFCC reception with featured
artists from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the
first Thursday o f each month
Artist Ahmed said he draws
from his experience as a Muslim
who attended Christian primary,
secondary school and college.
“I come from a country, Nige
ria, where people still believe in
the pow er and authority o f our
ancestor sp irits,” he said. “The
teaching o f our ancestors pro
vide the guiding principles for
our daily activities and through
them people know how to be
have and act to w ard s each
o th er.”
Astraal, who was educated in
Ghana and Europe, offers a col
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Both exhibits run through July
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