Robert Farris Thompson

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**Robert Farris Thompson** (December 30, 1932 - Nọvemba 29, 2021) bụ onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nka na onye edemede ọkachamara na Africa na ụwa Afro-Atlantic. Ọ bụ onye otu ngalaba na Mahadum Yale site na 1965 ruo ezumike nka ya ihe karịrị afọ iri ise ka e mesịrị wee jee ozi dị ka Colonel John Trumbull Prọfesọ nke History of Art .  Thompson chepụtara okwu ahụ bụ "black Atlantic" n'akwụkwọ 1983 *Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy* - isiokwu gbasara akwụkwọ Paul Gilroy *The Black Atlantic* . 

O biri na mpaghara Yoruba nke dị na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Naijiria ka ọ na-eme nyocha ya gbasara akụkọ ihe nkiri Yoruba. Ya na Mahadum Ibadan jikọrọ ya na obodo ndị Yoruba na-agakarị. Thompson gụrụ nka nka nke ndị mbata Africa na United States, Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, na ọtụtụ agwaetiti Caribbean.

## Ọrụ na Yale
Na 1955, Thompson nwetara BA ya na Mahadum Yale. Mgbe ọ nwetasịrị akara ugo mmụta bachelor na ije ozi na 7th Army na Stuttgart, ọ gara n'ihu na ọmụmụ ya na Yale, ebe ọ nwetara akara ugo mmụta Master ya na 1961 na Ph.D. n'afọ 1965.  Ọ bụ onye prọfesọ Yale mbụ na onye nke abụọ na United States (nke mbụ bụ Roy Sieber na Mahadum Iowa na 1956) iji nweta prọfesọ na akụkọ ihe mere eme Art Africa. 

N'ịbụ onye jere ozi dị ka Master of Timothy Dwight College site na 1978 ruo 2010, ọ bụ onye isi na-eje ozi ogologo oge nke kọleji obibi na Yale. Thompson bụ otu n'ime ndị ọkà mmụta nkà mmụta Africa ama ama America,  ma na-elekọta ihe ngosi nka nke Africa na National Gallery of Art na Washington DC . Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị okenye nọgoro ogologo oge na Yale.

## Mbipụta na mpaghara ọmụmụ
Malite na akụkọ gbasara egwu na egwu Afro-Cuban (nke e bipụtara na 1958), Thompson raara ndụ ya nye ọmụmụ ihe akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ụwa Afro-Atlantic.  Akwụkwọ mbụ ya bụ *Black Gods and Kings*, bụ nke na-agụ akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ndị Yoruba nke ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Nigeria (ndị bi na ihe dị ka nde 40).  Ọrụ ndị ọzọ e bipụtara gụnyere *African Art in Motion, Flash of the Spirit* (1983), *Face of the Gods*, na *Tango: The Art History of Love.*  Thompson bipụtakwara mmeghe na akwụkwọ akụkọ Keith Haring . Asụgharịla ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ ya n'asụsụ German, Portuguese, French na Flemish.  Tụkwasị na nke ahụ, Thompson gụkwara nkà nke Guillermo Kuitca na José Bedia, a na-eme ya ugboro iri na ise. 

## Ndụ onwe na ọnwụ
A mụrụ Thompson na El Paso, Texas .  Ọ na-asụ French, Italian, Portuguese, na Spanish nke ọma ma nwee ike ịsụ Yoruba, Ki-Kongo  na Creole   n'ogo etiti. Ọ gara ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ mba 47 niile dị n'Afrịka ma otu nwanna nwanyị, ụmụ abụọ, ụmụ ụmụ anọ na nnukwu nwa nwa. 

Thompson nwụrụ site na COVID-19 - ọrịa Parkinson gbagwojuru anya na Nọvemba 29, 2021, n'ụlọ ndị nọọsụ na New Haven, Connecticut . Ọ dị afọ 88.  

## Akwụkwọ akụkọ

* 1971 *Black Gods and Kings: Yoruba Art na UCLA*
* 1974 *Art Africa in Motion: Icon na Act in the Collection of Katharine Coryton White*
* 1981 *Oge anọ nke anyanwụ: Kongo Art na ụwa abụọ*
* 1983 *Flash nke Mmụọ: Nkà na Nkà Ihe Ọmụma nke Africa na Afro-American*
* 1993 *ihu nke Chi: Art na Altars nke Africa na Africa America*
* 1999 *Art nke William Edmondon*
* 2005 *Tango: The Art History of Love*
* 2011 *Aesthetic of the Cool: Afro-Atlantic Art and Music*

## Edensibia

## Njikọ mpụga

* Ibe eserese na Timothy Dwight College

## Ọgụgụ ọzọ
Cosentino, Donald J., na Robert Farris Thompson. " Ajụjụ ya na Robert Farris Thompson ." African Arts, vol. 25, mba. 4, 1992, p. 53–63 . Enwetara 7 Jun. 2022. Detuo