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To Understand The World
by Issa Nyaphaga

Mount Rainier, Maryland

Photo: Angèle E. Etoundi
Graphic Design: Patricia Slee
 

YOU
can’t shake hands
with a
clenched fist.

Indira Gandhi
(November 19, 1917 - October 31, 1984)

Prime Minister of India

FROM THE ARTIST: I was born and grew up in a small village in Cameroon, which lies in the very heart of the equatorial forest. It is home to the Tikar tribe, called Nditam. The Tikar are primarily farmers. Like all Tikar children, I was initiated in my early childhood into traditional painting. Each year the women and children paint the walls of their houses with hands and fingers, by using colors made from different colors of the earth. I was taught by my tribe that if you want to understand the “World” you have to look at the five fingers of your hand: each one is different in size, name, and function, but each one is an important member of the hand. You can not make the world without the Differences.
THIS PANEL IS SPONSORED BY
The Imagine Foundation
Bill & Christine Isaac
EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES®

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