Cowart formulates this same train of thought when he claims that, "Only by remaining in touch with a proximate history and an immediate cultural reality can one lay a claim to the quilts – or hope to produce the authentic art they represent.... Cowart also points out that while Dee tries so hard to find her African roots; Mama is the true African, as in Africa all objects are for use and not to view in a western way in terms of artistic and material value and value these art pieces for art's sake, which is an alien notion for Africans. ...

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