February Bead Society Program Meeting: African Twilight

The February 4th Program Meeting of the Bead Society is going to feature the African Twilight. Some of you will remember that we had a Gala event back in 2019 with Alan Donovan from Africa introducing the video. We are celebrating Black History Month by revisiting this video! The two women, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher traveled all over Africa for over 45 years. They produced 17 books about various aspects of their travels. We will be showcasing a talk the two women did in 2022 at the GLEX Summit (Global Exploration Summit). Their two volume book, African Twilight will be available to peruse!

We will be meeting both in person and on Zoom. 
Veterans Memorial Complex, Senior Center, Room C71, 7 pm
The Senior Center is at 4095 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA . It is just across the street from the Vets Memorial Building. Parking is available in the lot behind the building.  

​Feb 4th, 7 pm PT
Zoom information is Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads.
TBS Business meeting at 6:15 pm.  Join us! 

Some additional resources from YouTube and the web:

African Twilight: Vanishing Rituals & Ceremonies - Angela Fisher & Carol Beckwith
Cuyamungue Institute
An interview with the two women with staff from the Cuyamungue Institute and guests. 
2 hours, 23 minutes

Interview: Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher | National Geographic
A clever feast spares the lives of photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher during a harrowing trip to Surmaland near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border.
6.23 minutes

African Twilight GALA NIGHT OF THE CENTURY
The documentary by Reality media Online of he spectacular launch of the double volume book of the vanishing rituals and ceremonies of the African continent by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, with a carnival of Music, dance, costume and fashion created from vanishing handwoven and printed textiles of African continent. African Heritage House, Mar 3, 2019. This was the documentary we viewed by DVD back in 2019. 
1 hour, 3 minutes

AFRICAN TWILIGHT: VANISHING RITUAL & CEREMONIES - Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher
GLEX Summit 2022
This is the video we watched during the meeting, 

Africa Online Museum
Würzburg, Germany

​You can find other interviews with Carol and Angela by searching by their names.