Africa Museum Suakoko

The Africa Museum Suakoko was a private art museum in Liberia and was located in the Bong District , in the village of Suakoko , about twelve kilometers west of the capital Gbarnga .

The museum was built in the 1960s from private art collections and advised and supervised scientifically by Cuttington College .

The exhibits also included ethnographically significant objects, including a significant collection of Kru Money - an early form of African coins that were exchanged as objects of value on various occasions. During the civil war , Suakoko was raided several times and the museum was plundered. Nothing is known about the current state of the museum.

literature

• Wiliam C. Siegmann: Liberian Art and Culture from the Collections of the Africana Museum . Ed .: Cuttington College. Suakoko 1977.

Web links

• UNESCO inspection report from 1982 (pdf, 1 MB, English)
• Ritual object or Kru money? - Report on artifacts assigned to the Kru tribe and their interpretation

Coordinates: 6 ° 59 ′ 23 "  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 53"  W.