INSIDE AFRICA EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS

Families and Festivals
Kora. A kora is a musical instrument made by attaching a long, wooden neck to a calabash. Players pluck and strum as many as 21 strings and drum on the kora’s hollow body. The kora on display once belonged to renowned musician and griot Soriba Kouyate.

Safari
Termite Mound. Common to the savanna, termite mounds such as this one can reach up to 15 feet tall (2.8 m tall) and 15 feet (2.8 m) in diameter, with walls up to 20 inches (51 cm) thick.

Caravan
Interactive Well. Getting water from a well is hard work. The interactive pulley simulates the power needed to hoist a 13-gallon bucket up 98 feet, about one third the length of a football field. Visitors can imagine the effort needed to draw enough water for a family and their animals-goats, donkeys and a herd of thirsty camels.
Tuareg Tent and Bed. As nomadic desert dwellers, many Tuareg people live in goat-skin tents. Their central furnishing is the bed. When the family moves, the bed is the first thing assembled and the last thing taken apart.

Diaspora
–  Slave Ship. Witness the life conditions on a slave ship, step onto the slavery auction block, participate in plantation life and learn about the abolition of slavery.

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