Through a Clouded Mirror: Africa at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo 1901

Exhibit Index

1. Introduction

• Ongoing Research
• Colorful Reflections; Different Meanings for Different Cultures
• Symbolism and Color

2. Imperial Visions and Racist Views

• Ethnological Villages or Human Zoos?
• Men in the African Village
• Preconceptions and Perspectives in 1901
• American Visitors' Views
• African American Views
  

3. Darkest Africa: The Village and the Museum

• The Africans Arrive
• The Village
• Real Life in a Real African Village?
• Living Conditions
• Life and Death in the Village
• Melting Pot
• Darkest Africa's Museum

4. The Buffalo Museum of Science and the African Village

• How was the Buffalo Museum of Science involved in the African Village?
• Why was the Buffalo Museum of Science involved with the African Village?

5. Portrayals of Africans at the Pan-Am in 1901

• Stereotypes of African Culture
• The People of the Village

6. Dress in the African Village

• Color
• Does Clothing Make the Man?

7. Perceptions, Views, and Consequences

• How did the Africans Perceive Us?
• How did the Africans See Themselves?
• How did Visitors to the Pan-Am Perceive the African Villagers?
• An End or a Beginning?
• What Impact, if any, did Darkest Africa have on American Society?

8. What do you think?

• Questions to think about 

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