Shoa

¹

or Sho·ah

[ shoh-uh ]

noun

1. the Holocaust.

Shoa

²

[ shoh-ah ]

noun

1. a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province of Ethiopia. 25,290 sq. mi. (65,501 sq. km). : Addis Ababa.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shoa¹

From Hebrew

Example Sentences

However, classically-trained Nahem Shoa said museums were increasingly open to representing images of non-white subjects.

From BBC

Mr Shoa said it was a "dream come true" that his work would appear alongside artists including Rembrandt and Lucian Freud.

From BBC

Mr Shoa, from London, was a graffiti artist before he trained as a painter.

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Mr Shoa said museums changed their attitudes towards his work after the death of George Floyd, the African-American man who was murdered by white police officer Derek Chauvin in Minnesota during an arrest.

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Seen and Unseen, at Ferens Art Gallery, also includes work by Mr Shoa’s childhood friend and fellow artist Desmond Haughton.

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