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“African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It’s not a dormant. It’s not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source of joy. Spreading positive vibrations.”
— Mos Def
The GSN collection, consisting of more than 1500 watercolor paintings from Somalia, South Sudan, Kenya, and Ethiopia, symbolizes a source of hope and restoration for the people of East Africa and the Horn region.
Here is a selection of the artwork from the region.
![091+PTSD.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/1678629307461-JYU2AG543OQ5RF6A5J1M/091%2BPTSD.jpg)
![196_Coverpage IRTBV-Yared.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/b91172a8-23ae-425f-9b57-b9ed2d37aff6/196_Coverpage+IRTBV-Yared.jpg)
![004 Memorizlizing.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/c3842116-5f7b-436b-91fb-579441f6453c/004+Memorizlizing.jpg)
![picture 6.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/2eb8e848-ed2a-43ab-8d65-f0d6c15ac0f9/picture+6.jpg)
![slavers .jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/b0dc943a-4d45-44ad-aac5-e79dda6010c2/slavers+.jpg)
![Mama Anisa 2.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/e4f44f61-86e5-405b-8a6b-931b8f8f288b/Mama+Anisa+2.jpg)
![picture 55.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/03c480be-f945-494c-974d-9037e1149f6e/picture+55.jpeg)
![7_Victimization - humans hurting each other 2_Kevin - Old.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/51caef5a-a489-45c7-b128-e3e74b57ed66/7_Victimization+-+humans+hurting+each+other+2_Kevin+-+Old.jpg)
![003 Development trauma 1.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/4b346175-6c07-421f-ac53-cc0d4cc716d9/003+Development+trauma+1.jpg)
![unrolling the present.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/fa59e225-f509-4188-9227-370fdbc86ad8/unrolling+the+present.jpg)
![4. Two little boys.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/fe7d1af6-4f9a-4ca5-a29d-1c1a01b18264/4.+Two+little+boys.jpg)
![161_Remember a positive past -- Story-Tadesse-3.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/67080707-31ab-4503-a20b-d41bed8ba5e3/161_Remember+a+positive+past+--+Story-Tadesse-3.jpg)
![westling match.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/e49b00e8-4f64-4c02-ae8e-0d9047df738b/westling+match.jpg)
![22_Negative Impacts of trauma - Emotional_Ndege.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/3fb58dc9-cac3-4348-be62-1b187eef8d2e/22_Negative+Impacts+of+trauma+-+Emotional_Ndege.jpg)
![128_Depression - def-Yared.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/f8a16370-65d8-4706-b5f2-8286c40bc41d/128_Depression+-+def-Yared.jpg)
![011 Security 4.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/4c9825a0-c139-43ca-bdbc-ee716136256a/011+Security+4.jpg)
![120_Self-harm def -Kibrom.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/1cadc36d-1aa9-4e58-a234-e00238b4c2b1/120_Self-harm+def+-Kibrom.jpg)
![corruption.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/a05dd573-caa2-4b39-b2f7-ca209aa019d0/corruption.jpg)
![020 Seeing Violence as redemtive.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/4d86380d-66f3-49d2-b59a-efb89ea9a6b9/020+Seeing+Violence+as+redemtive.jpg)
![Picture 14.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/c97dd8a6-7df7-4ec4-b16e-49a76f837729/Picture+14.jpg)
![self harm.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/e7eb5e82-172e-454c-ad17-a47afaa87fdc/self+harm.jpg)
![156_Recognition of multiple truths -- def-meron.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/12d403bc-d8e4-4398-a1fb-4e0fe8ee9e5d/156_Recognition+of+multiple+truths++--+def-meron.jpg)
![3_Dialogue - Circle group_Oniba (small).jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/0eea71c0-a1bb-4eb0-aa16-db06b20dea13/3_Dialogue+-+Circle+group_Oniba+%28small%29.jpg)
![198_+Aguer%27s+Story+-+Spheres+of+Influence+-+Creative+Expression_Aguer.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/1678629353988-X95HGFGC127PHEMY7R2K/198_%2BAguer%2527s%2BStory%2B-%2BSpheres%2Bof%2BInfluence%2B-%2BCreative%2BExpression_Aguer.jpg)
![160_Ending Extrajudicial Killings Definition_Radoli.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/0a71c29c-e4e3-4a10-8199-dffeb0377cc4/160_Ending+Extrajudicial+Killings+Definition_Radoli.jpg)
![124_Questioning why meus def -Kibrom.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f27c3fd3b4ac3fd0685a5c/9c113827-abe3-48fe-beea-3c92a8b05e4c/124_Questioning+why+meus+def+-Kibrom.jpg)
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