Colleagues and friends of NOMA curator emeritus Bill Fagaly (1938-2021) reflect on his life and accomplishments. Speakers include Dr. Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Emeritus Prof. Robin Poynor, Professor of African Art History of the University of Florida, Gainesville; Prof. Sara Hollis, Professor of Museum Studies at SUNO; Dr. Roslyn Walker, African Art Curator at the Dallas Museum of Art; Dr. Susan Cooksey, Retired African Art Curator of the Harn Museum in Gainesville; Florida; Dr. Carlee Forbes, Mellon Fellow at the Fowler Museum of Art, UCLA; and Erika Witt – PhD candidate at LSU, and librarian at SUNO.
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