Romuald Hazoumé
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Romuald Hazoumé is an artist from the Republic of Bénin
, best known for his work La Bouche du Roi
, a reworking of the 1789 image of the slave ship
Brookes
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La Bouche du Roi was widely exhibited in the United Kingdom as part of the centenary remembrance of the Slave Trade Act 1807 by Parliament.
Hazoumé is among the artists represented in the collection of Jean Pigozzi
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Republic of Benin
The short-lived Republic of Benin, in Nigeria's coastal Bight of Benin, was named after its capital Benin City. It was known as Mid-Western state in Nigeria until August 1967 when it was occupied by Biafra as its forces advanced towards Lagos...
, best known for his work La Bouche du Roi
La Bouche du Roi (artwork)
La Bouche du Roi is an artwork by Romuald Hazoumé , an artist from the Republic of Bénin, West Africa, for the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery...
, a reworking of the 1789 image of the slave ship
Slave ship
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves, especially newly purchased African slaves to Americas....
Brookes
Brookes (ship)
The Brookes print was an image widely used by campaigners for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. First designed in Plymouth, UK, in 1788 by the Plymouth Chapter of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade...
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La Bouche du Roi was widely exhibited in the United Kingdom as part of the centenary remembrance of the Slave Trade Act 1807 by Parliament.
Hazoumé is among the artists represented in the collection of Jean Pigozzi
Jean Pigozzi
Jean Pigozzi is a businessman, art collector, philanthropist and photographer. He was born in Paris as the son of Henri Pigozzi, founder of the French car maker Simca. Pigozzi studied in Paris and at Harvard University before working for the Gaumont Film Company and 20th Century Fox...
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