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Vibrant Visions of Faith

 


Vibrant Visions of Faith. Digital art created on canvas. November 26, 2024. Afrika Abney 



With the principle of faith, I am fortunate that I graduated from Bell Multicultural High School in 1993 because I felt alone, depressed, traumatized, isolated and discriminated against every time that I stepped inside the school from 1991 - 1993. The colors gold and shades of yellow are deliberately selected to depict optimism, while black represents faith. 


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