Yemenja David Stephens Ancestral Cartography begins with a

Ancestral Cartography begins with a question: what happens when you map a city through the language of the body

whether derived from the outside world or inside one's mind

My sculptures are very animated and have a feeling of music and dance

whereassuch things are the essenceof music they are merely factors that support imageryin my prints

Yemenja David Stephens Ancestral Cartography begins with aFrom the Artist The subject of this print, Yemenja, grew out of research on African art and a sabbatical trip with my wife, Thomasena, to the Sacred Forest of Oshogbo, Nigeria, where we first encountered Yemenja. I had given a lecture on "African American Art and Artists" at the African Studies Center of the University of Ibadan. On the next day, the director, Bob Armstrong, invited us to go with him to Oshogbo, where we could meet Susan Wenger and