Penda Diakité’s ‘Mansa Musso’ Celebrates Women In West African History Through Art

Penda Diakité’s ‘Mansa Musso’ Celebrates Women In West African History Through Art

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By Okla Jones ·Updated June 4, 2023

For Penda Diakité, art has been a pivotal part of her life for as long as she can remember. As the child of two artists – her father a ceramicist and mother a sculptor – this Malian-American is

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