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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">British</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Museum</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">'s </span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Atlantic Trade & Identity</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">season</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">, and major exhibition. as part of this season, </span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">La Bouche du Roi.</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The <em>Atlantic Trade & Identity</em> season features a series of exhibitions, displays and events exploring transatlantic trade and its relationship to slavery, resistance and diasporas. <br />
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Below is more detailed information on three particular aspects of the <em>Atlantic Trade & Identity</em> season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">La Bouche du Roi: an artwork by Romuald Hazoumé<o:p></o:p></span></strong></li>
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<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Discussion:<strong> After the Slave Trade: Black history and contemporary </strong></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Britain</span></strong></st1:place></st1:country-region><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span> </li>
<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Lecture:<strong> The economic impact of the 1807 British Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade</strong><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">La Bouche du Roi: an artwork by Romuald Hazoumé</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Until </span></strong><st1:date month="5" day="13" year="2007"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">13 May 2007</span></strong></st1:date><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span class="style141"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;">La Bouche du Roi</span></em></span><span class="style141"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> is the main exhibition in the <em>Atlantic Trade and Identity</em> season. </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Primarily a warning against all kinds of human greed, exploitation and enslavement, both historical and contemporary,</span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">it</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">is a profound and though-provoking artistic statement by Beninese artist<span style="color: blue;"> </span>Romuald Hazoumé. This contemporary installation <span class="style141">is made from a combination of materials, including petrol cans, spices and audio and visual elements.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">After the Slave Trade: Black history and contemporary </span></strong><st1:country-region><st1:place><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Britain</span></strong></st1:place></st1:country-region><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thursday 26 April, 18.30<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Paul Gilroy, author of <em>Black Atlantic</em>, leads a discussion with Lola Young, Gus John and Jean Stubbs about black history and culture and contemporary issues about identity.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The economic impact of the 1807 British Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:placename><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">British</span></strong></st1:placename><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></strong><st1:placetype><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Museum</span></strong></st1:placetype></st1:place><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="border: medium none ; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; padding: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Eminent historian Joseph Inikori will investigate the pre-Abolition debate on the expected economic impact, both in England and in Africa, and will show how the arguments of the time stood up to historical reality.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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