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I agree.Part of an interview of Marcia Washington conducted by Claytee White on March 14, 2013. Washington discusses the Nubian Kefentse Kultural Kommunity Art Center, which she co-founded.
Marcia Washington oral history interview, 2013 February 14. OH-01924. [Audio recording] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas,
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The name of the art center was called the Nubian Kefentse Kultural Kommunity Art Center. And that second word after Nubian is? Kefentse, K-E-F-E-N-T-S-E. And everything was NKKK. That's what it was called. And "Kommunity" was spelled with a K as part of the logo. Yes. So tell me what that was all about and some of that center— Well, what they wanted to do—and like I said, my husband [Dave Washington] was instrumental, he and some other guys were instrumental in getting this center together—they wanted to make the community aware of art and culture and I think that was the main reason in the organization being formed. They wanted to really stress the black art awareness in West Las Vegas Center. This article addresses the whole thing. What they wanted to do, they wanted the center to be open twenty-four hours to match the twenty-four hour town; that's what they wanted. Then it went on to explain that Nubian was an ancient term for African from northeast and northwest Africa and Kefentse meant awakening of the mind; that was from Botswana and it was a form of Swahili spoken in South Africa. The article continues to talk about the other activities and the things they wanted to do because they wanted to have a bookshop. Of course, the elder of the center—his name is Beni Casselle—he was the community elder and spiritual adviser for the group. Some of the leaders in the group was Oso Mike Banks and he was considered the paramount chief and then there was Rasid Asid and he was the protocol chief and David Washington was the image chief and then there was Orlando Hogan who was the chief scribe. Now, as far as this terminology, I'm just ad-libbing as to some of the things that was in the article, but all that's in here.