Authentica African Imports Storytelling Videos

Authentica African Imports was the first exclusively-African art mail-order business in the U.S., launched in the 1980's by Lydia Clemmons (Senior) and Jackson Clemmons from their family farm in rural Vermont.  The story of this unusual business, and the way that African art helped build community in rural Vermont, are among the many hidden histories of the state's multicultural heritage.

Enjoy some of Lydia Senior's storytelling about Authentica African Imports below.
Above: There Must be Some of It in All of Us.
Above: Authentica African Imports and Garden Way.
Above: The Shop and the Bags that Started it All.
Above: Authentica, Art and Community-Building.
Above:​ Authentica Maasai Stories.