A feature of the new Sub-Saharan African Gallery is a large touch-screen interactive focused on the museum's Ejagham headdress. This interactive was produced by Associate Curator of African Art, Constantine Petridis, and his colleague Amanda Carlson - a Cleveland native who specialized in the arts of the Cross River region.

Carlson's field videos have also allowed the museum to introduce the dynamic performance context that is so characteristic of much African art into the static display of the museum gallery. Even more innovative in an art museum context, Amanda's additional fieldwork on Ejagham-derived traditions in Cuba and the United States have made it possible to explore the presence of African art and culture in the Americas.

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