Description: The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host two workshop lectures as part of the closing event of the 'Black Money' Exhibit. [Queen Mothers and the Royal Art of the Kingdom of Benin- presented by Art Curator Irvin Wheeler] This lecture will explore the influential spiritual, political and material roles of Ioba, the wife of the reigning Oba (King of Benin) and the mother of the future Oba. CO-PRESENTED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS [The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade- presented by Dr. Harcourt Fuller] This lecture will teach the history of resistance against enslavement in West Africa, the American South, Haiti and Jamaica using the banknote images currently featured in the exhibit. This event is sponsored by africancollectable.com, the African Digital Ethnography Project, The Banknote Book, Banknote World, GraceKennedy Group, Plassa Restaurant and Mart, Royal Caribbean Bakery Partners for this event include the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora(ASWAD), the Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta, the Educational Coin Company, Michael Mack, Omenala GriotAfrican Teaching Museum, Oxford University Press, the UNESCO International Decade for People of African Descent (2015 - 2024), West African Research Association(WARA), and the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History.

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