Art - African

A comprehensive exploration, spanning 1,300 years, of the art and culture of the Sahel region of Africa This groundbreaking volume examines the extraordinary artistic and cultural traditions of the African region known as the Sahel ("shore" in Arabic), a vast area on the southern...

A comprehensive survey of the French Cameroonian artist's multimedia explorations of colonialism and displacementFrench Cameroonian artist Barth駘駑y Toguo (born 1967) uses a multidisciplinary approach to address complex subjects such as colonialism and race. He paints in a manner that is both fluid and skillfully...

Embark on a vibrant journey through the rich tapestry of African Art and Designs. This captivating coloring book celebrates the diversity, beauty, and cultural heritage of the African continent through a collection of intricately designed illustrations inspired by traditional motifs, symbols, and artistic styles.Dive...

Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the west central African kingdom of Kongo practiced Christianity and actively participated in the Atlantic world as an independent, cosmopolitan realm. Drawing on an expansive and largely unpublished set of objects, images, and documents, Cecile Fromont examines...

Black Kings and Queens Coloring Book. This colouring book features beautiful illustrations of black royalty.We wanted to celebrate Black People with regal images that represent the African Kings and Queens we once were. Some based on reality some are fictional but created with love....

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 narrative storytelling. This approach inspires the viewer to think deeply about the politics,...

Etched in tradition, etched in memory: "The Scarification" is a searing autobiographical masterpiece that delves into the heart of South Sudanese culture through the unique lens of facial markings.Forget fleeting trends; this book dives deep into a practice steeped in history and meaning. Walk...

Author: Liora PelunskyISBN-10: 1535083565ISBN-13: 9781535083560Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/03/2016Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.07d

Quality Beads Don't Jingle is the English translation of Ahene Pa Nkasa. A collection of Akan poems based on the names of Ghanaian Cotton cloth prints.Author: Kwame Ofori-Mankata, Seth Nana Brako, Dennis AmoakoISBN-10: 1514657929ISBN-13: 9781514657928Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/23/2015Pages: 110Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize:...

THE BEST GIFT IDEA COLOR BY NUMBER FOR GROWN-UPS Each number means a particular color from a 25-color palette. You will KNOW the secrect pictures that HIDDEN on the pages when you START COLORING them. - Each coloring page is designed to help relax...

The idea of the nation or nationalism in relation to Africa and African literature has been widely dealt with in modern African literature, arising from the fact that writers are bent on expressing their concern about the future of their countries. Chinua Achebe, Ayi...

GREAT GIFT IDEAS COLOURING BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS This incredible Adult Coloring Book by best-selling artist This book is the perfect way to relieve stress and while enjoying beautiful and highly detailed images. Product Details: Printed single sided on bright white paper Perfect for all...

Africa is the 2nd largest continent in the world. In these pages we try to capture some of the beauty history and culture that is Africa. From the Pyramids to the Art and the Wildlife we have captured some great images within this coloring...

This is a compilation of 1,000 proverbs in Igbo language, each followed by a usable English translation. I decided to make this compilation after much personal reflection on the remote origins and existential imports of the proverbial mode of communication. Proverbs remain vital and...

AFRICAN FEMINIST POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE is a bookthat aims to expose the dilemmas and conflicts that feminist researchers and practitioners living and/or working in the Global South have to deal with on a daily basis. The bookattempts to disentangle some of these dilemmas and...

Nja Mahdaoui is a visual artist who considers himself "an explorer of signs" and has been described as a "choreographer of letters". His work inspired by Arabic calligraphy is remarkably innovative as the aesthetic dimension of letters brings forth a strong sense of the...

David Goldblatt (1930-2018) began working on Some Afrikaners Photographed (1975) in 1963. He had sold his father's clothing store where he worked, and become a full-time photographer. The ruling Afrikaner National Party--many of its leaders and members had supported the Nazis in the World...

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. Africanism, which is driven by a traumatic response to colonialism in Africa, has an almost unshakable stranglehold on the content,...

Israel's Transformative Black Artists is a book about 7 Ethiopian Jewish artists and their work. These artists practice and participate in Judaism, live in Israel (or at some point did), and create beautiful paintings, drawings, photographs, and graphic designs.Author: Charles MooreISBN-10: 1735170836ISBN-13: 9781735170831Publisher: Petite...

This book contains FIFTY (50) decorated ADINKRA (AFRICAN) SYMBOLS with their names and their meanings for your education and coloring relaxation. As you trace and color these symbols, you also gain skills and confidence in drawing and idea development processes. Symbols were the means...

Make the perfect gift for anyone who loves coloring Enjoy this Africa Coloring Book. Click the cover to reveal what's inside About this book: - 23 full pages drawings of african culture, women and more - Printed on high quality solid white paper. -...

The product of more than 30 years of research, this astounding and authoritative volume reveals the political metaphors underpinning El Anatsui's magnificent abstract sculptureAuthored by two acclaimed scholars, Okwui Enwezor and Chika Okeke-Agulu, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative account yet on the...

Zimbolicious Anthology: An Anthology of Zimbabwean Literature and Arts is the 6th yearly volume of Zimbabwean Literature and the arts. This year's anthology is extra-special in that we feature Zimbabwe's upcoming young visual artists who recently won or got highly recommended and exhibited their...

- A beautifully photographed book presenting the 63 known statues of the Bari tribe of South Sudan- A comprehensive overview of current knowledge on the circumstances of their collection, as well as their use and stylistic diversity, based primarily on numerous 19th century sources...

Little is known about Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen whose name means "a beautiful woman has come." She was the wife of Akhenaten, the pharaoh who ushered in the dramatic Amarna Age, and she bore him at least six children. She played a prominent role...

Contemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by one particular style, technique, or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude toward art making, incorporating and building upon the...

42 different approaches to transmit the generative source of creativity in live action by internationally experienced practitioners, teachers and theorists of performance art from 21 countries. 340 pages full of ideas, points of view, methodologies, sensitivities, exercises and proposals to enjoy live practice with...

An illustrated collection that takes stock of current knowledge and proposes a new way of reading indigenous art For thousands of years, nomadic hunter-gatherers assigned a fundamental role to the visualization of the animals who shared their lives. Some, such as the Cape eland,...

A revelatory and informative presentation of the anti-apartheid posters created by Medu Art Ensemble Formed in the late 1970s, Medu Art Ensemble forcefully articulated a call to end the apartheid system's racial segregation and violent injustice through posters that combined revolutionary imagery with bold...

This book offers the first concentrated examination of the representation of the black female subject in Western art through the lenses of race/color and sex/gender. Charmaine A. Nelson poses critical questions about the contexts of production, the problems of representation, the pathways of circulation...

In this book, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the intersection of art, risk, and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife and the striking ways that ancient Ife artworks inform society, politics, history, and religion. Yoruba art offers a unique lens...

The three Garima Gospels are the earliest surviving Ethiopian gospel books. They provide glimpses of lost late antique luxury gospel books and art of the fifth to seventh centuries, in the Aksumite kingdom of Ethiopia as well as in the Christian East. As this...

As the Roman Empire expanded its African settlements in the early centuries of the common era, thousands of mosaic floor pavements were fashioned to adorn the townhouses and rural estates of the African upper classes. Between the second and sixth centuries, mosaic art blossomed,...

Describes the traditional designs of the Moors, Berbers, Abyssinian Christians and more from jewellery, tattoos, camel bags, rugs and other ornamented objects.Author: Diane V. HornISBN-10: 0880451165ISBN-13: 9780880451161Publisher: Stemmer House PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1994Pages: 1Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 11.01h x 8.43w x 0.30d

Contains carved and linear designs taken from ceremonial and utilitarian objects.Author: Caren CarawayISBN-10: 0880450835ISBN-13: 9780880450836Publisher: Stemmer House PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/1994Pages: 1Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.41w x 0.25d

The African art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers a portal into the life and politics of a large and complex continent with a wealth of history and culture. The highlighted works in this volume have been selected to illuminate different...

Imazighen Beauty and Artisanship in Berber Life presents the Peabody Museum's collection of arts from the Berber-speaking regions of North Africa. The book gives an overview of Berber history and culture, focusing on the rich aesthetic traditions of Amazigh (Berber) craftsmen and women. From...

Mapping Modernisms brings together scholars working around the world to address the modern arts produced by indigenous and colonized artists. Expanding the contours of modernity and its visual products, the contributors illustrate how these artists engaged with ideas of Primitivism through visual forms and...

African artists have, over the years, had to overcome incredible hardships - including war and poverty - to survive, create and sell their work. This is especially true of those artists based in Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia.Zimbabwe is a beautiful and diverse country....

A concise introduction to the sculptural art of the TekeThe ritual figures of the Central African Teke people embody the power of nature spirits and ancestors. This book documents the rich variety and unique formal properties of these figures.Author: Henricus SimonisISBN-10: 3753300578ISBN-13: 9783753300573Publisher: Walther...

In this monograph, the author examines women's leadership roles in three spheres of influence under women's control: Omoku, Ime Chi and Omugwo institutions and argues that there were a variety of leadership opportunities open to Igbo women in the past - some of them...

★ With this High-Quality colourful scrapbook papers, you can make your own scrapbook album pages, phone cases, cards, envelopes, postcards, pop-up cards and gift boxes. You can use the paper as a background for the photos, decorate outlet covers or make your own handmade...

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach in order to understand angels, focusing on Africa and the cult and persona of the Archangel Michael. Traditional methods in the study of religion including philology, papyrology, art and iconography, anthropology, history, and psychology are combined with methodologies...

Each design available in this book was studied carefully in detail to provide a wonderful coloring experience while your stress fades away. A lot of time and effort put in this book to meet your expectations and ours because we don't settle for just...

In Media Primitivism Delinda Collier provides a sweeping new understanding of technological media in African art, rethinking the assumptions that have conceptualized African art as unmediated, primary, and natural. Collier responds to these preoccupations by exploring African artworks that challenge these narratives. From one...

Relax and unwind while coloring African print inspired home decor illustrations. Feel free to explore using colored pencils, stickers, stamps and scrapbook paper to enhance these unique illustrations.Author: Alicia L. McDanielISBN-10: 0999557335ISBN-13: 9780999557334Publisher: Alicia McDaniel Fine ArtLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/2020Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 11.00h x...

There is no single voice of the Democratic Republic of Congo but a multitude of diverse cultures and voices, contributing to a vibrant art scene that attracts interest from around the world. Nowhere in Africa is there an art scene more varied in form,...

An illustrated study of traditional and figurative art of Africa that reflects the continent's rich artistic and cultural heritage. African Art explores the continent's marvelous artistic achievements which share its roots with humanities origins. Sculpture has historically been the chief means of artistic expression....

1992. Kenya. On the eve of the country's first democratic elections, everyone is brewing with expression, even in the tiny, rural village, Luoland, with no elec - tricity or running water some 250 kilometers northwest of Nairobi. There, although lesbians 'don't exist' in Kenya,...

Oil Paintings Portraits by Andrea Rushing on a 8.5" x 11" desktop 2020 Calendar. See the amazing techniques in large photos of oil paintings of unique and interesting African portraits featuring people Andrea has met over the years. From the Tuskegee Airman Portraits and...