I have an art that has 12 important black people in it.The artist who
signed it appears to be KOLONGI { as best as I can read it}.The print
has some notable names I could recognize:
Martin Luther King,Bob Marley,Kwame Nkrumah,Elijah Mohamed .
Can you tell me the title of the print?
Who is the artist?
What are the names of the 12 men in the print?
Is the artist popular?

Hello kojo1952,

The title of the print that you are referring to is “Ancestors In
Conference”, and the artist’s name is Kolongi.

You can find his website at:
http://www.kolongi.com

You can find “Ancestors In Conference” at his website at:
http://www.kolongi.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=K&Product_Code=Ancestors

According to ThingsGraphics & Fine Art,
http://www.thingsgraphics.com/productsa.cfm?category=print&page=1&sort=manufactur&artist=Kolongi
The 12 people in “Ancestors In Conference” are:

“Halle Selassie, Bob Marley, Frederick Douglas, Kwame Nkrumah, Adam
Clayton Powell, Malcolm X, Maurice Bishop, Patrice La Mumba, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Elijah Muhammad, Marcus Garvey, Unknown Soldier.”


The artist appears to be popular based on the number of websites that
are selling his work.

Here are a few of them:

Artisan Arts Online.com
http://www.artisanartsonline.com/218/cat218.htm

EbonyArt.com
http://www.ebonyart.com/prts63.html

ArtExpression.com
http://www.artexpression.com/byartist/B._Kolongi.htm


You will find many more by doing a Google search for Kolongi.


Kolongi apparently doesn’t use his last name anymore, but it appears
to be Brathwaite.

Other references:

Afram-Fest.Info, Art Show Participants
http://www.afram-fest.info/art.shtml
“Kolongi Brathwaite-Painting”

Google Groups “Subject: Barbados (If Yuh Int'rested)”
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=kolongi&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=maillard-080993210558%40appletalk-69.mdd.comm.mot.com&rnum=2
“This year, there was an exhibit of the works of the Bajan artist
Kolongi Brathwaite, who now resides in the U.S.”


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Googlenut


Search Strategy:

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kolongi ancestors
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Google Groups Search Terms:

Kolongi
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