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  • Kente Cloth: History and Culture by Asamoah-Yaw, Ernest
    Ernest Asamoah-Yaw

    Kente Cloth: History and Culture

    This book is about the history of an African clothing material known as Kente cloth. All relevant cultural aspects of the cloth have been explained in details with several pictorial illustrations. The book traces Kente history and how it has been used since its...
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  • In Art: Baskets by Jaime, Catherine McGrew
    Catherine McGrew Jaime

    In Art: Baskets

    Baskets are often a part of our everyday life. But do we think of them when we think of great art? Here is a picture book for students of all ages...A picture book of dozens of baskets in art - including Jesus and the...
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  • Adinkra Coloring Book: The Wonder of Nature Is Now Yours to Color and Explore. by Richard, Fritz
    Fritz Richard

    Adinkra Coloring Book: The Wonder of Nature Is Now Yours to Color and Explore.

    Adinkra symbols originated in Ghana, they reflect common wisdom. The symbols relate to God, quality of human relations and the spirituality of life. Now you can spend hours in blissful stress relief therapy, enjoying the wisdom of the ages. Have fun coloring these beautiful,...
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  • Afrotopia by Sarr, Felwine
    Felwine Sarr

    Afrotopia

    A vibrant meditation and poetic call for an African utopian philosophy of self-reinvention for the twenty-first century In the recent aftermath of colonialism, civil wars, and the AIDS crisis, a new day finally seems to be shining on the African continent. Africa has once...
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  • Kongo: Power and Majesty by Lagamma, Alisa
    Alisa Lagamma

    Kongo: Power and Majesty

    A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo--a vast swath of Central Africa that today encompasses the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola--were responsible for outstanding creative achievements....
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  • Ibrahim El-Salahi: Prison Notebook by El-Salahi, Ibrahim
    Ibrahim El-Salahi

    Ibrahim El-Salahi: Prison Notebook

    Sudanese artist, writer, critic, cultural diplomat Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930) is one of the critical figures of African and Arabic modernism. While serving as Sudan's Undersecretary of Culture in 1975, El-Salahi was imprisoned without trial and endured six months of deprivation in the notorious...
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  • Eland's People: New Perspectives in the Rock Art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Bushmen Essays in Memory of Patricia Vinnicombe by Mitchell, Peter
    Peter Mitchell

    Eland's People: New Perspectives in the Rock Art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Bushmen Essays in Memory of Patricia Vinnicombe

    A companion to People of Eland that allows an overview of Drakensberg rock art Only 1000 copies of People of the Eland were printed in 1976. It was neither reissued nor reprinted. It has become one of the rarest and most expensive of all...
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  • Inside the Invisible: Memorialising Slavery and Freedom in the Life and Works of Lubaina Himid by Bernier, Celeste-Marie
    Celeste-Marie Bernier

    Inside the Invisible: Memorialising Slavery and Freedom in the Life and Works of Lubaina Himid

    Inside the Invisible provides the first examination of the work of Turner Prize-winning Black British artist and curator Professor Lubaina Himid CBE. This comprehensive volume breaks new ground by theorizing her development of an alternative visual and textual language within which to do justice...
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  • Cine-Ethiopia: The History and Politics of Film in the Horn of Africa by Thomas, Michael W.
    Michael W. Thomas

    Cine-Ethiopia: The History and Politics of Film in the Horn of Africa

    Over the past decade, Ethiopian films have come to dominate the screening schedules of the many cinemas in Ethiopia's capital city of Addis Ababa, as well as other urban centers. Despite undergoing an unprecedented surge in production and popularity in Ethiopia and in the...
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  • The Pillars of Wisdom: Dinka by Dau, John
    John Dau

    The Pillars of Wisdom: Dinka

    Dinka: Pillars of Wisdom is more than just a compilation of stories full of wisdom. These stories introduce morals in a light-hearted way that inspire wisdom in yourself. I have never read a more thought-provoking and inspirational piece. You will walk away from reading...
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  • Who Am I? - African American History Coloring Book by Milner, Dianne L.
    Dianne L. Milner

    Who Am I? - African American History Coloring Book

    In this "Who Am I?" African American Coloring Book - Volume 1 there are 30 coloring pages of African Americans who have achieved different levels of greatness along with the history about the many contributions they have provided through inventions, entertainment, politics, sports, medical,...
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  • Art and Trauma in Africa: Representations of Reconciliation in Music, Visual Arts, Literature and Film by Bisschoff, Lizelle
    Lizelle Bisschoff

    Art and Trauma in Africa: Representations of Reconciliation in Music, Visual Arts, Literature and Film

    The traumas of conflict and war in postcolonial Africa have been widely documented, but less well-known are their artistic representations. A number of recent films, novels and other art forms have sought to engage with and overcome post-colonial atrocities and to explore the attempts...
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  • Acts of Transgression: Contemporary Live Art in South Africa by Boulle, Catherine
    Catherine Boulle

    Acts of Transgression: Contemporary Live Art in South Africa

    Fifteen writers explore the experimental, interdisciplinary and radically transgressive field of contemporary live art in South Africa, focusing on a wide range of perspectives, personalities and theoretical concerns Contemporary South African society is chronologically 'post' apartheid, but it continues to grapple with material redress,...
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  • On Curating II by Thea, Carolee
    Carolee Thea

    On Curating II

    On Curating 2, Carolee Thea's new volume of interviews with 14 of today's leading curators, explores the lively system of art biennials that is thriving around the world--particularly outside Europe and America. Spawned by their more formal Western predecessors and motivated by the forces...
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  • Mandala MAGIC Coloring Book: Mood Enhancing Mandalas (Mandala Coloring Books for Relaxation) by Mood Publishing
    Mood Publishing

    Mandala MAGIC Coloring Book: Mood Enhancing Mandalas (Mandala Coloring Books for Relaxation)

    - Variety of levels of difficulty - from medium to very intricate - One-sided pages; only one picture printed on each sheet - High-resolution images The Mandala MAGIC Coloring Book is the perfect introduction to mindfulness coloring, suitable for all ages. Filled with calming...
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  • Dagara Verbal Art: An African Tradition by Mieder, Wolfgang
    Wolfgang Mieder

    Dagara Verbal Art: An African Tradition

    Dagara Verbal Art examines verbal art among the Dagara people of West Africa.Author: Wolfgang Mieder, Paschal KyooreISBN-10: 1433147041ISBN-13: 9781433147043Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/23/2018Pages: 274Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
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  • That Which Is Not Drawn: In Conversation by Kentridge, William
    William Kentridge

    That Which Is Not Drawn: In Conversation

    For more than three decades, artist William Kentridge has explored in his work the nature of subjectivity, the possibilities of revolution, the Enlightenment's legacy in Africa, and the nature of time itself. At the same time, his creative work has stretched the boundaries of...
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  • In Senghor's Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960-1995 by Harney, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Harney

    In Senghor's Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960-1995

    In Senghor's Shadow is a unique study of modern art in postindependence Senegal. Elizabeth Harney examines the art that flourished during the administration of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal's first president, and in the decades since he stepped down in 1980. As a major philosopher...
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  • Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture by Van Beurden, Sarah
    Sarah Van Beurden

    Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture

    Together, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Mus es Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined and marketed Congolese art and culture. In Authentically African, Sarah Van Beurden traces the relationship between the possession, definition,...
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  • Claim to the Country: The Archive of Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd [With DVD] by Skotnes, Pippa
    Pippa Skotnes

    Claim to the Country: The Archive of Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd [With DVD]

    2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title A Library Journal "Editor's Pick" In the 1870s, facing cultural extinction and the death of their language, several San men and women told their stories to two pioneering colonial scholars at the Cape, Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd. The...
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  • Drawing Without Licence: Art Drawings and Interpretations 2010-2016 by Mwanaka, Tendai Rinos
    Tendai Rinos Mwanaka

    Drawing Without Licence: Art Drawings and Interpretations 2010-2016

    Drawing Without Licence is a collection of Zimbabwean artist, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka's first 51 drawings and interpretations of his them. Most of the drawings have been published in literary and art journals over the years worldwide and this book will serve as an open...
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  • A Guide to the Rock Art of the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe by Parry, Elspeth
    Elspeth Parry

    A Guide to the Rock Art of the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe

    A Guide to the Rock Art of the Matopo Hills Zimbabwe is an essential book for anyone visiting these hills of western Zimbabwe and for those with an interest in rock art. Copies of the paintings by Janet Duff bring the art to life....
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  • Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form by Rosen, Mary Sue
    Mary Sue Rosen

    Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form

    In West and Central Africa, ceremonial masks are viewed as manifestations of the spirits, and the dramatic effect and visibility of masks is enhanced by use of vivid color. Accompanied by vivid color photographs of 266 masks, the largest representation of traditional polychrome masks...
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    $45.00
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  • A Kingly Craft: Art and Leadership in Ethiopia by Jenkins, Earnestine
    Earnestine Jenkins

    A Kingly Craft: Art and Leadership in Ethiopia

    A Kingly Craft is a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary fields of African art history and visual studies. Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts have been regarded as remarkable expressions of Christian art and material culture. However, until recently, the elite art form of manuscript production has...
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  • Wild Beads of Africa: Old Powderglass Beads from the Collection of Billy Steinberg by Steinberg, Billy
    Billy Steinberg

    Wild Beads of Africa: Old Powderglass Beads from the Collection of Billy Steinberg

    These rare and mysterious beads, made in Ghana and used by the Krobo and Ashanti peoples, are regarded as magical and are worn proudly as a symbol of prestige and wealth.This is the first book dedicated to African powderglass beads, with over 180 photographs...
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  • Iyare! Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre by Curnow, Kathy
    Kathy Curnow

    Iyare! Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre

    This exhibition catalogue explores the art of Nigeria's Benin Kingdom via theatrical metaphors that echo palace settings, performers and ceremonies. It also considers what happens during non-celebratory moments of preparation and relaxation, the impact Benin art and culture have on surrounding regions, and how...
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  • Kulubnarti I: The Architectural Remains by Adams, William y.
    William y. Adams

    Kulubnarti I: The Architectural Remains

    Sudan Archaeological Research Society. Publication Number 18In 1998 and 1999 volumes II and III of the reports on the University of Kentucky excavations at Kulubnarti were published by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society as numbers 2 and 4 in its monograph series. Kulubnarti III...
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  • My Adinkra Colouring Book: For Conscious Folk by Publishing, Puddy Phatt
    Puddy Phatt Publishing

    My Adinkra Colouring Book: For Conscious Folk

    So what are Adinkra symbols? What are they called? And what do they mean? Enjoy this stress-fee educational aid that not only presents the cultural designs of West Africa but shares their meaning. Used to embellish fabrics, jewelry, body art and wall decor these...
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  • African Print Inspired Fashion For Him Coloring Book by McDaniel, Alicia L.
    Alicia L. McDaniel

    African Print Inspired Fashion For Him Coloring Book

    Inspired by the unique patterns displayed on African textiles, this coloring book works for colorists of all ages. Relax and have fun coloring each design with the art medium of your choice.Author: Alicia L. McDanielISBN-10: 0999557327ISBN-13: 9780999557327Publisher: Alicia McDaniel Fine ArtLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2018Pages: 38Format:...
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  • The Scramble for Art in Central Africa by Schildkrout, Enid
    Enid Schildkrout

    The Scramble for Art in Central Africa

    The contributors to this volume trace the life history of artifacts that were brought to Europe and America from Congo toward the end of the nineteenth century, and became the subjects of museum displays. They also present fascinating case studies of the pioneering collectors,...
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  • Ndebele: The Art of an African Tribe by Courtney-Clarke, Margaret
    Margaret Courtney-Clarke

    Ndebele: The Art of an African Tribe

    For generations, the women of the Ndebele of southern Afrcia have produced an art of remarkable richness and vitality. In their ceremonial beadwork and in large murals that cover the exterior walls of their mud dwellings, these women have created designs that are at...
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  • Radiance from the Waters: Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art by Boone, Sylvia Ardyn
    Sylvia Ardyn Boone

    Radiance from the Waters: Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art

    The Sande Society of the Mende people of Sierra Leone is a secret female regulatory society that both guards and transmits the ideals of feminine beauty so fundamental to the aesthetic criteria in Mende culture. In this eloquent and moving book, Sylvia Ardyn Boone...
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  • The Gelede Spectacle by Lawal, Babatunde
    Babatunde Lawal

    The Gelede Spectacle

    This remarkable study explores the use of the visual and performing arts to promote nonviolence and social harmony in sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on Gelede, a popular community festival of masquerade, dance, and song, held several times a year by the Yoruba of Southwestern...
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  • The Making of Museums in Nigeria: Kenneth C. Murray and Heritage Preservation in Colonial West Africa by Hellman, Amanda
    Amanda H. Hellman

    The Making of Museums in Nigeria: Kenneth C. Murray and Heritage Preservation in Colonial West Africa

    This book provides an in-depth look at the early history of museums in Nigeria through the letters of Kenneth C. Murray, Bernard E.B. Fagg, and Edward H. Duckworth, uncovering the early efforts to preserve cultural heritage, repatriate stolen art, and build institutions that would...
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  • Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley by Berns, Marla C.
    Marla C. Berns

    Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley

    Winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies AssociationThe Benue River Valley is the source of some of the most abstract, dramatic, and inventive sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa. A vast region, the Valley extends from the...
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  • Beauty Unusual: Masterworks from the Ceil Pulitzer Collection of African Art by Kloman, Susan
    Susan Kloman

    Beauty Unusual: Masterworks from the Ceil Pulitzer Collection of African Art

    Collects the best works from the Ceil Pulitzer Collection of African Art, put together over more than 30 years.Author: Susan KlomanISBN-10: 8874399510ISBN-13: 9788874399512Publisher: 5 Continents EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/18/2021Pages: 196Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.50lbsSize: 11.30h x 9.80w x 1.00d
    $75.00
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  • Black Girl Fashion Winter Edition Coloring Book by Strokes, Dahlia
    Dahlia Strokes

    Black Girl Fashion Winter Edition Coloring Book

    Use "Black Girl Fashion Winter Edition Coloring Book" to immerse yourself in the radiant beauty of these images featuring melanated women and girls with this captivating 8.5 x 11-inch coloring book. Each beautifully detailed drawing stars a different beauty in winter-inspired outfits and fashion....
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  • African Cinema: Manifesto and Practice for Cultural Decolonization: Volume 3: The Documentary Record--Declarations, Resolutions, Manifestos, Speeches by Martin, Michael T.
    Michael T. Martin

    African Cinema: Manifesto and Practice for Cultural Decolonization: Volume 3: The Documentary Record--Declarations, Resolutions, Manifestos, Speeches

    Challenging established views and assumptions about traditions and practices of filmmaking in the African diaspora, this three-volume set offers readers a researched critique on black film. Volume Three of this landmark series on African cinema spans the past century and is devoted to the...
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  • Tradition in Sculpture by Miller, Alec
    Alec Miller

    Tradition in Sculpture

    Tradition in Sculpture is a comprehensive book written by Alec Miller, which explores the evolution and significance of sculpture as an art form. The book traces the development of sculpture from its origins in ancient civilizations to the modern era, highlighting the various styles...
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  • Perseverance & Possibility in Kenya: Stories Capturing an Image of Intensity, Persistence & Big Dreams by Pedemonti, Kristin
    Kristin Pedemonti

    Perseverance & Possibility in Kenya: Stories Capturing an Image of Intensity, Persistence & Big Dreams

    Kenya is a country of contrasts - from the huge, sprawling, modern metropolis of Nairobi with its traffic jams, skyscrapers towering to the sky and an emerging technology industry - to the hundreds of bustling towns and villages, some with traditional structures of thatch...
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  • Souls: Masks from Leinuo Zhang African Art Collection by Riccomini, Marco
    Marco Riccomini

    Souls: Masks from Leinuo Zhang African Art Collection

    - This volume introduces and describes 16 African masks belonging to the collection of Leinuo Zhang, a young Chinese art lover and collectorThe masks in this book, all presented by two or more images, are accompanied by brief commentaries that offer readers -- be...
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  • Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now: Prints from the Museum of Modern Art by Hecker, Judith
    Judith Hecker

    Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now: Prints from the Museum of Modern Art

    A survey of both political and non-political prints by some 30 South African artists from the 1960s to the present, encompassing etchings, comic books, lithographs, digital prints and linocutsEncompassing black-and-white linoleum cuts made at community art centers in the 1960s and 1970s, resistance posters...
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  • African Fashion, Global Style: Histories, Innovations, and Ideas You Can Wear by Rovine, Victoria L.
    Victoria L. Rovine

    African Fashion, Global Style: Histories, Innovations, and Ideas You Can Wear

    African Fashion, Global Style provides a lively look at fashion, international networks of style, material culture, and the world of African aesthetic expression. Victoria L. Rovine introduces fashion designers whose work reflects African histories and cultures both conceptually and stylistically, and demonstrates that dress...
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  • Africa and Byzantium by Myers Achi, Andrea
    Andrea Myers Achi

    Africa and Byzantium

    The first exploration of the artistic and cultural intersections of the African continent and the Byzantine world Medieval art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire, but less known are the profound artistic contributions of Nubia, Egypt, Ethiopia, and other powerful...
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  • African Heritage Playing Cards Series: Vodoun Veve by Menzise, Jeff
    Jeff Menzise

    African Heritage Playing Cards Series: Vodoun Veve

    A series of playing cards using African symbolism in place of the "traditional" suits found in other decks. This unique deck and book provides the card collector with an outstanding masterpiece of cultural art and powerful symbolism. Excellent for playing traditional card games at...
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  • The Kwagh-hir Theater: A Weapon for Social Action by Hagher, Iyorwuese
    Iyorwuese Hagher

    The Kwagh-hir Theater: A Weapon for Social Action

    The Kwagh-hir Theater: A Weapon for Social Action represents a significant milestone in the documentation and theorization of non-Western theater. The book describes how the Tiv people of Nigeria used their indigenous theater to fight against British colonialism and oppression by dominant groups in...
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  • Abëtëi: Modern Gadangme Emblems: Modern Gadangme Emblems: Modern Gadangme Emblems: Modern Gadangme Emblems by Annobil, Ishmael Fiifi
    Ishmael Fiifi Annobil

    Ab??: Modern Gadangme Emblems: Modern Gadangme Emblems: Modern Gadangme Emblems: Modern Gadangme Emblems

    The Ab t i are original, modern emblems created by Ishmael Annobil in response to the baffling disappearance of the ancient Kpamo Emblems of the GaDangme people of Accra, Ghana. Known traditionally as ancient embodiments of GaDangme philosophy, cosmology and oratorical lore, the Kpamo...
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  • Congo Style: From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence by Sacks, Ruth
    Ruth Sacks

    Congo Style: From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence

    Congo Style presents a postcolonial approach to discussing the visual culture of two now-notorious regimes: King Leopold II's Congo Colony and the state sites of Mobutu Sese Seko's totalitarian Za?e. Readers are brought into the living remains of sites once made up of ambitious...
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  • The African Gaze: Photography, Cinema and Power by Sall, Amy
    Amy Sall

    The African Gaze: Photography, Cinema and Power

    The African Gaze is a comprehensive exploration of postcolonial and contemporary photography and cinema from Africa. Drawing from archival imagery and documents, interviews with the photographers and filmmakers (in some cases family members/close associates if the artist is deceased), and contributions from writers, scholars,...
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  • The De-Africanization of African Art: Towards Post-African Aesthetics by Ekpo, Denis
    Denis Ekpo

    The De-Africanization of African Art: Towards Post-African Aesthetics

    This book argues for a radical new approach to thinking about art and creativity in Africa, challenging outdated normative discourses about Africa's creative heritage. Author: Denis EkpoISBN-10: 1032029560ISBN-13: 9781032029566Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2023Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.34d
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