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Winner of the 2012 Melville J. Herskovits award (African Studies Association)Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, firewood-from the ravages of thieves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789987753567Author Fadhili Safieli MshanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Mkuki na Nyota PublishersPublisher Mkuki na Nyota PublishersWeight(grams) 295g

A contemporary African artist's call for democracyBotswana-born Meleko Mokgosi is an emerging contemporary artist whose large-scale figurative paintings are garnering growing accolades and attention worldwide. In all his work, Mokgosi emphasizes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995646049Author Cherno Omar BarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Global Hands PublishingPublisher Global Hands PublishingWeight(grams)...

In this open-access text, Z.S. Strother uses ethnographic studies of individual mask cultures in Africa to dispute the assumptions that masks universally hide, reveal, or transform. 

Discover a century of African art, from its emergence to today’s global success, driven by an ancestral vision and modern expression.

The Image of the European in African Art—a companion to The Image of the Black in Western Art series—is profusely illustrated, including little-known works, ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day. These essays reveal the complexity of the...

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A comprehensive collection of African art, featuring photographs of works from the personal collection of Robert and Jayne Workman, accompanied by insights into the cultures and regions from which the pieces originate.

This study presents the history of the Market Photo Workshop (MPW) in Johannesburg and works produced by its new generation of photography students. Founded in 1989 by internationally renowned documentary photographer David Goldblatt, the MPW has...

An exploration of contemporary African masquerade that reveals its cultural contexts, artistic innovations, and intersection with museum collection practices By placing masquerade at the forefront of contemporary African art, this volume shows how...

This collection explores the dynamic place of Muslim visual and expressive culture in processes of decolonization across the African continent. Presenting new methodologies for accentuating African agency and expression in the stories we tell about...