There was no photography allowed in the SOAS Special Collections, which is a bit of a shame. They had a lot of different things from art to artifacts. African art seems to pop up in unexpected places!
African art:
Matooke (Green Banana) by J Muyango, a student from Makerere University, Uganda, was painted for an exam in the early 1960s. This was my favourite thing in the gallery.
Colourful Slum by Ehigbor Iyoghioje from Nigeria painted in 2000.
Mother and Child by Margaret Towel from the 1940s, Uganda.
Akaba People's Prodigal Son (at least I think that's what it was called when I try to read my notes) by Kyalo son of Ngila from Kenya.
There was also a Nepalese Buddhist manuscript made from gouache ink and paper of Karandavyuha (Manifestation of Appearances according to the Gallery) and an Armenian manuscript.
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