SENEGAL-AMERICA PROJECT
In Winter of 2011-2012, Patty Bode traveled to Senegal, West Africa with Tony Vacca (http://www.tonyvacca.com/) and Jean Butler (http://arts-are-essential.org/) to learn from the artists, musicians, poets, children and families the neighborhoods near Dakar.
POWER POINT
  • See power point from Patty's presentation at NAEA National Art Education Association Convention. Fort Worth, TX. March 2013: "Senegalese art in US schools: Transporting contemporary African diaspora." Click here to view power point 
PUBLICATION
  • Patty's article "Senegalese Art in US Schools: Transporting Contemporary African Diaspora with Decolonized Perspectives"  appears in Educational Forum (Jan, 2014) special theme on Diversity, Globalization, and Education, Vol 78(1). Educational Forum is the Official Journal of Kappa Delta Pi. Full PDF access at  http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GKzGJKsCS5Ad2YY9bYdc/full   
VIDEO
  • This video below documents the voices of some of the school children with whom Patty painted, played, learned and taught. Video editing and production by TJ Sharp, OSU graduate student.
VIDEO
  • Kora and Riiti players Toubab Diallo, Senegal

    Featuring Djaliba Pape Sakho, Kora player and Djibril Bra, Riiti player

    In Senegal in January of 2012, after teaching art with children in a neighborhood school around Dakar, I was fortunate to travel to Toubab Diallo where I met Kora player, Djaliba “Pape” Sakho, and Riiti player Djibril Bra. This video provides a mere glimpse of the performances and educational conversations they shared. I owe many thanks to Pape and Djibril for their generosity with their talents and knowledge. Appreciation also goes to Tony Vacca and Massamba Diop for translation, interpretation and serving as cultural hosts.