Enchantment

This is one of many carvings that artist sculptor Dorsey James has throughout the park. This one belongs to the Kijimba Kind group. The word Kijimba comes from the Bambara people of black Africa. It means spirit. The word Kind is from white Germany. It is taken from the word Kinder, which means children. i.e. kindergarden. In the English language, kind refers to a type, like mankind. Dorsey has taken these words from cultural and racial extremes in an effort to reflect all races as black and white incorporates all colours and values. Kijimba Kind are, then, spirit children or children of the spirit from all types and colours. They symbolize our history as well as the diversity of our religions, our myth and our legend. They are reminiscent of the kinder, gentler side of who we are and who we may someday be.