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A collection of bronze head sculptures displayed on a brick wall at Brooklyn's Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art.

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art (Mocada) will open its latest project, the Ubuntu Community Sculpture Garden—an outdoor space located alongside a brownstone in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighbourhood—to the public on Friday (1 September).

The sliver of land, formerly used for parking spaces, has been transformed into an urban oasis and monument to famous Brooklynites, including a two-storey mural of the late art and music critic Greg Tate. The garden’s centrepiece is the ongoing sculpture series Brooklyn Bronzes created…