CHICAGO TRIBUNE SPONSORS “WRAPPED IN PRIDE: GHANAIAN KENTE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY” AT FIELD MUSEUM
CHICAGO, April 10, 2001 – The Chicago Tribune is proud to sponsor “Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity” at the Field Museum, Chicago.
The exhibit, which runs from April 13 to July 15, 2001, is an example of the Tribune’s considerable focus on Africa and African affairs. The Tribune is the only news organization in the Midwest with a full-time correspondent in Africa. Pulitzer-prize winning reporter Paul Salopek is based in Johannesburg and travels the continent covering issues related to politics, culture, health and travel.
The Chicago Tribune supports several local events related which promote African culture. The newspaper is the title sponsor of the Chicago Tribune African Festival of the Arts, which each year attracts about 100,000 people to Washington Park for four days during Labor Day weekend. The event, which attracts artisans and musicians from around the world, features art, music, food and educational activities related to Africa and the Caribbean nations of the African Diaspora.
Chicago Tribune, which has published continuously since June 10, 1847, is one of nation’s largest newspapers with daily circulation of nearly 675,000 and Sunday circulation greater than 1,000,000. Chicago Tribune is at the forefront of providing its readers with the best in original content in the newspaper and on the Internet (chicagotribune.com) and is part of Tribune (NYSE: TRB), a leading media company with operations in television and radio broadcasting, publishing and interactive ventures.
