My friends from Casablanca were visiting Marrakech, and they also wanted to visit the Musee Tiskiwin, the tireless effort of over 6 decades of work among the Afro-Berber people by the great dutch (morocco was his home since 1950s) anthropologist and historian of art BERT FLINT
they sent me the sad news that Bert Flint had passed away ..
he died in his beloved museum/house in an ancient riad in marrakech surrounded by the thousands of works of art and every day creations of Berber people including the Afro-Berbers of the southern borders of the Sahara .
He was 91
i had the honour to meet him when he was 90
I have a copy of his book on the art of Afro Berbers , dedicated to our meeting
If we cant accomplish equally great things in life, it is good to meet those who have achieved that
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