Africa and Slovenia exhibition opening at Ethnographic Museum

The display is conceived as a visual intertwining of the stories of Slovenian collectors and of Slovenian Africans, which provide insight into the background and nature of the ties between Africa and Slovenia, whose origin dates back to the times of the former Yugoslavia.

A key element is the Non-Aligned Movement, formed during the Cold War to connect neutral and former colonised countries. In practice this meant exchange of knowledge, economic cooperation, cooperation in culture etc.

Yugoslavia was one of the founders of the movement and many Slovenian construction and trade companies, as well as politicians, diplomats, economists, journalists and culture workers found employment in other member countries, including countries in Africa.

Some of them created collections of African items, which are kept by Ethnographic Museum and will be on display during the...