All three of them worked on the project during one year at the African Art Museum in Paris.

Sponsored by the French government, the exhibition "Revolution sous les tropics" (Revolution in the Tropics) was presented in September 1989 in Paris during the ceremonies commemorating the bicentennial. It was then presented in Dakar, Port au Prince, and Memphis Tennessee.

Expected to evoke the French Revolution from the viewpoint of the colonies at this period, this exhibition was for Fode also the opportunity to become conscious of the past. For Senegal and Haiti the revolution represented the abolition of slavery by France.

But on a more personal note, the events were for Fode, the remembrance of a colonial history that he did not know but of which his father was the incarnation.

This commemoration of patriotic French glory was also that of a father who for few medals, served this glory.

Acrylique and pastel on canvas
Diptyc: PARIS April 1990
Dimensions: 79inch x 48inch
Price: $8000

This work has been exhibited at the Tapies Fondation - BARCELONA ( 2-4 / 94 ), the Center for Fine Arts - MIAMI ( 5-7 / 93 ), at the Ludwig Forum - AACHEN - Germany ( 8-10 / 93 ), at the Tate Gallery - LIVERPOOL ( 5-8 / 94 ), at the Museum for African Art - NEW YORK (1991).