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In 1999, the London-based arts organisation, Cloth of Gold and the Education Department of the Horniman Museum secured funding from the DFEE for an exciting series of school based Art, ICT and Literacy projects called Inspiration Africa! Over two years they worked, in partnership, with six schools from each of the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Bromley (two primary, two secondary and two different types of special schools in each borough). The projects were inspired by the Horniman Museum's African Worlds exhibition -the only permanent gallery in Britain dedicated to African related cultures.

During the project pupils left contact e-mail addresses, searched for links on their key object, completed worksheets and a pupil evaluation form and used the Noticeboard from this classroom activities page. If you would like to read some of the comments received from around the world please click NOTICEBOARD.

If you would like to look at the completed projects, please go the schools/projects section. Outcomes include poems, stories, performances and impressive artworks such as:

The Banner Book - project 1 (keyword POWER)
The Headdresses - project 2 (keyword BEAUTY)
The Deckchairs and Umbrella - project 3 (keyword RESPECT)
The Split-page Harmony Book - project 4 (keyword HARMONY)
The Pride Mask - project 5 (keyword PRIDE)
The Midnight Robber Costumes - project 6 (keyword BRAVADO)
The Unity Wind Sculpture - project 7 (keyword UNITY)
The Dream Cushions - project 8 (keyword DREAMS)
The Vodou Shrine/Spirit Flags - project 9 (keyword SPIRIT)
The picture Stories - project 10 (keyword STORIES)
The Wish Hats and Banner - project 11 (keyword WISHES)
The Mummified Beliefs - project 12 (keyword BELIEF)

A full progress report is also available.