Audio recording clip of interview with Marcia Washington by Claytee White, March 14, 2013
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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.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 a
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