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Ousman's Art

 

updates on this page and links to other pages
August 2005

another selection of Ousman's pictures
October 2005

Ousman's new studio
the wall paintings Ousman's paintings on the Bakalarr perimeter wall
Horsham Exhibition Ousman's paintings on show at the Horsham Library

head and shoulders photo of Ousman

Ousman F Sowe was a student at Bakalarr # School, and is now at the Senior Secondary School at Essau. You can see more of his work by following the links above.

The first picture below shows an idyllic scene with a herdsman, but much of Ousman's artwork relates to slavery in The Gambia, and is featured in the other five pictures.

a hedrsman stands in the shade of a tree, while two of his long horned cattle graze nearby a young girl hides in the bushes at the river bank as the slavers go past in their canoes
Herdsman Girl hiding
a composite picture with an outline of Africa and several scenes from Kunte Kinte's life Kunte Kinte in chains, making his attempt at freedom
Kunte Kinte 1  Kunte Kinte 2

Kunte Kinte was born in the village of Juffureh, not far from Bakalarr, in 1750. He was taken as a slave to Maryland USA. His story was made famous in the best selling novel and TV programme 'Roots' written by his descendant Alex Haley. Read more about Kunte Kinte. (Note - there are many spelling variations of Kunte Kinte's name. e.g. Kunteh Kinteh, Kunta Kinteh, or even Kinteh Kunteh.)
a woman slave kneels in chains on the river bank, while the slave trader stands behind her slave traders abducting slaves from an African village
slave trader 1 slave trader 2

Update August 2005

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Here is a selection of some of Ousman's latest pictures:

Ousman Sowe's picture 'Face of Africa' Ousman Sowe's picture 'Tree of Africa'
Face of Africa Tree of Africa
Ousman Sowe's picture 'Bullock Cart' Ousman Sowe's picture 'Riverbank 1'
Bullock Cart Riverbank 1
Ousman Sowe's picture 'Riverbank 2' Ousman Sowe's picture 'Riverbank 3'
Riverbank 2 Riverbank 3
   

Update October 2005

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Ousman Sowe in his new studio surrounded by his work.

Ousman recently wrote to Pippa's Mum, telling her that he has been building a small studio for his artwork, and that he has named it the 'JOAN DOBIE ART STUDIO'. Pippa's Mum was really touched by this - a real compliment, she thought. Ousman has also printed T-shirts to advertise his studio.

<< Ousman in his new studio.

© All artwork on this page is copyright Ousman F Sowe, 2004, 2005. For further information or to purchase original artworks, please contact Pageant via this link

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