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Fulbright scholar's photo exhibit on Afro-Antillean culture in Panama

“An Afro-Antillean Sentiment: Images from a Panamanian Culture” an exhibition of photographs by Rose Marie Cromwell will be shown at the Diablo Rosso gallery from October 24th to November 25th.

Cromwell, a documentary photographer, spent the last year in Panama as a United States Fulbright Grantee. She interviewed and photographed Panamanians of Afro-Antillean descent living in Panama City, Colon, and Bocas del Toro.

During the early 20th Century tens of thousands of workers emigrated from the Caribbean to build the Panama Canal. Most never returned to their homelands, but instead settled permanently in Panama. Throughout the past 100 years this Panamanian community has preserved many of their Caribbean traditions despite facing much adversity while cultivating their national identity.

Cromwell’s portraits tell the stories and personal anecdotes of Afro-Antillean Panamanians, while exploring themes such as memory, nostalgia, cultural identity and pride.

The opening celebration of the exhibition will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday the 24th at the Diablo Rosso Gallery, Calle 48, Bella Vista, Panama City.

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