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Press and Media in 2014:


November 2014

Article Title: IN THE ZATEC MUSEUM WILL BE ON DISPLAY AFRICAN NATIVITY SCENES

Source: www.ceskenoviny.cz, CTK News Server, Section: Culture, November 27, 2014/CTK - The Czech News Agency



Zatec (Louny Region) - The nativity scenes made from gourds, palm leaves or mineral serpentine or talc can be admired from Friday in the K. A. Polanek Regional Museum in Zatec at the exhibition "FOR THE CHRIST CHILD TO AFRICA". Today, the CTK was informed about it by the Head of Promotion and Exhibitions Department of the Museum Mrs. Jitka Krouzova…

...The collection originated in 1999, when the Tlusty family received from their relative Marie Imbrova, former ambassador to Kenya and Zimbabwe, their first African nativity scene. Since then, the number of them from the black continent increased by another 20...

...During 15 years, the collection expanded to 22 specimens, the latest addition is not even in Zatec exposed. The African cribs were first seen last year in the Louny museum...

The CTK's entire article can be found here (available in Czech language only).


November 2014

Article Title: IN THE ZATEC MUSEUM WILL BE ON DISPLAY AFRICAN NATIVITY SCENES

Source: www.blesk.cz, November 27,2014 11:41 a.m./Blesk, CTK

...The twenty-one African nativity scenes, according to her, are loaned from the private collection of the Tlusty family from Chotesov in the Litomerice Region and are exposed to the public only for the second time. "They come from Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana," said Krouzova...

...The collection originated in 1999, when the Tlusty family received from their relative Marie Imbrova, former ambassador to Kenya and Zimbabwe, their first African nativity scene. Since then, the number of them from the black continent increased by another 20. "The African nativity scenes are often not adhered to the tradition, it is for them to know that they were not produced by the Christians. They do not match all the characters needed, such as the number of kings. This is interesting to them," said the owner of the collection to CTK Jaromir Tlusty...

You can find the entire article here (available in Czech language only).


November 2014

Article Title: ADVICE: EXHIBITON OF THE AFRICAN NATIVITY SCENES IN ZATEC

Source: CT24, Your News, November 24, 2014 02:19 p.m./Irena Hellerova

...Years ago, the spouses Tlusty's collection began inconspicuously, by import of the simple nativity scenes offered to tourists in Nairobi, continued the cribs of gallery value, and this year even the copyright nativity scene, made by Zimbabwean sculptor Taurai Rukodzi from the Tengenenge Art Community. During the selection and import of selected pieces they cooperate with Marie Imbrova, the African Studies Expert and the Czech galleries, specializing in African art and craft ...

The entire Irena Hellerova's article can be read here (available in Czech language only),


November 2014

Article Title: ALREADY FOR THE TWELFTH TIME, DESIGN DOLLS WILL DOMINATE THE CZECH MUSEUM OF MUSIC

Source: www.ceskenovinky.eu, Section: Foundation and Assistance, November 12, 2014/Admin



Already for the twelfth time, the end of November will belong to an unusual charity auction organized by the Czech UNICEF. During the gala evening of Tuesday, on November 25, from 07:00 pm, an auction of unique and design dolls made by famous personalities will be held in the Czech Museum of Music, in Kampa, whose proceeds will be donated to support the UNICEF immunization programs. The Czech UNICEF Committee announced the project Adopt a doll and save a child in 2002 (for the first time, it was launched in 1988 by the Italian UNICEF Committee under the name Pigott Project)...

... The dolls for this auction were prepared by: Jan Cincera, Jitka Cvancarova, Terezie Dobrovolna, Josef Dvorak, Kveta Fialova, The The Generali Foundation, Ivana Gottova, Tereza Herz, Jan Hrebejk, The Tengenenge Friends Club in the Czech Republic (Marie Imbrova), Petr Kalouda, Simona Krainova, The Boutique Weekend Max Mara, The Moser Glass Works, Bara Nesvadbova, The Olympic Committee of the Czech Republic and The Czech Television Sports Department, Libena Rochova, Jan Saudek, Katerina Smolikova, Vladimir Stanek, Robert Vano, Karel Vorisek, Valerie Zawadska. The starting price of dolls is CZK 3 000,--, which is the price of vaccination for 5 children...

You can find the entire article (available in Czech language only) here.


July 2014

Article Title: URGENT AFRICAN RHYTHMS INVITED TO A UNIQUE EXHIBITION IN THE KUTNA HORA LITTLE CASTLE

Source: www.kutnahora.pres.cz, Obzory Kutnohorska, Column: Culture, July 24, 2014, 01:00 p.m./Monika Pravdova
A breathtaking performance of the Dance and Vocal Group IYASA from Zimbabwe took place on July 15 at the plaza in front of the Kutna Hora Little Castle, the residence of the Czech Museum of Silver, where you can see an exhibition "THE MODERN ZIMBABWEAN ART"...

..."It is complemented by paintings of the contemporary modern artists," Dr. Marie Imbrova, the African studies expert, said at the Opening of the African afternoon in Kutna Hora...

...The exhibition "THE MODERN ZIMBABWEAN ART", which is organized by the Czech Museum of Silver in collaboration with The Africkesochy.cz Atelier and Dr. Marie Imbrova, the African studies expert, you can visit in the Kutna Hora Little Castle until August 31...

You can find the entire Monika Pravdova's article (available in Czech language only) incl. her photo gallery from the Zimbabwean afternoon here.


July 2014

Article Title: THE CZECH MUSEUM OF SILVER - THE MODERN ZIMBABWEAN ART

Source: www.ack.travel, News, July 15, 2014/Lenka Cechurova
The exhibition "THE MODERN ZIMBABWEAN ART", which was opened to visitors on July 9, 2014 at the Czech Museum of Silver in Kutna Hora, aims to acquaint the public with the contemporary African art represented in painting and sculpture.

The exhibited sculptures are made of stone (serpentine), which is very unusual for Africa, mostly, we known wooden, carved statues. These stone sculptures are mainly from the largest art community in the world - Tengenenge ...

You can read the entire Lenka Cechurova's article here (available in Czech language only).


April 2014

Article Title: EASTER IN AFRICAN STYLE AND SUMMER SEASON OPENING IN THE DVUR KRALOVE ZOO

Source: www.zoodvurkralove.cz, News, April 21, 2014
The high season of the Dvur Kralove Zoo started on the first day of Easter. Throughout the Easter the garden prepared for visitors a varied programme and the attendance exceeded expectations. From Saturday to Monday came to the zoo almost 10 500 visitors ...

…The African studies expert and the Founder of the Tengenenge Friends Club in the Czech Republic Marie Imbrova spoke on how to help the Tengenenge community. Together with the married couple Homolka she held on this topic an interesting lecture, which took place later in the afternoon at the newly opened gallery named Tengenenge above Zoo-shop ...

You can read the entire article here (available in Czech language only).



April 2014

Article Title: AFRICANS WITH BIRCH RODS, MR. CTVRTNICEK AND GIRAFFE. THE DVUR KRALOVE ZOO STARTED THE SEASON.

Source: iDnes.cz - Hradec Region, News, April 21, 2014, 06:13 p.m./Katerina Vitkova


... "Tengenenge is a common African village with round houses made of mud bricks and straw roofs, but while all the other villages are characterized by farmers living in them, here are just a few little fields, and almost all are sculptors by profession," explained Ondrej Homolka who, with his wife, two hours later, lectured on the Tengenenge community in the newly opened gallery hall bearing the same name ...

...About the local life, Marie Imbrova, the former Chargé d'Affairs in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, also told: "For ten years I share my life with the entire community, we try to approximate their culture not only through exhibitions, but mainly in the field of education. A lot of children have already passed through our kindergarten, they have excellent knowledge of English and if we continue to support them further, for exemple, by purchasing textbooks and teaching aids, so I believe that they will become the high school students. "...

The entire Katerina Vitkova's article can be read here (available in Czech language only).



February 2014

Radio Interview: MARIE IMBROVA - A GUEST OF RADIOZURNAL (RADIO NEWS-REEL)

Source: Czech Radio - Radiozurnal, Progamme of Weekend Moon Radio News-Reel, February 02, 2014, 10:05 - 11:00 a.m./Patricie Strouhalova

On February 02, 2014, from 10:05 till 11:00 a.m., Dr. Marie Imbrova was a guest of Radiozurnal that is moderated by Patricie Strouhalova.

You can listen to the entire Patricie Strouhalova's interview with Marie Imbrova about her activities in the sculptural community of Tengenenge in Zimbabwe here (available in Czech language only).
Link: www.rozhlas.cz



January 2014

Article Title: THE KAURI SHELLS - A FASCINATING AFRICAN CURRENCY

Source: M&B - Journal about Coins, Banknotes and Medals, Volume 7, No. 1/2014, Pages 40 - 41, January 2014/Dr. Marie Imbrova

I meet them almost regularly, on the Swahili coast, in the museums in the Western Africa, on the masks of the chiefs from the Central Congo, and finally, in the last row also in the numerous professional publications, which cite from the original historical sources when and how the kauri shells were used, not long ago, as a currency on the coast and even in the inland of the Sub-Saharan Africa, and it's a fascinating knowledge.

The very fact that in Africa the kauri shells were used as means of payment, is not as surprising as the fact that how this business unit of exchange was used for the benefit of the Europeans and Arabian slave traders. The actual findings of the kauri shells in the collections or treasures of the chiefs, if we avoid the Egypt, date back to the 9th century AD and illustrate a little-known fact that the eastern coast of Africa at that time was often frequented by Chinese traders, who brought with them this mean of payment - from the Maldives and the Philippines, and very soon they introduced it into the Trans-African trade...



You can read the entire article THE KAURI SHELLS - A FASCINATING AFRICAN CURRENCY by Dr. Marie Imbrova here (available in Czech language only).

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