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Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad

Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad more books like this

by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller

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Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and ...

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Art Beyond the West

Art Beyond the West more books like this

by Michael Kampen-O'Riley

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For Non-Western Art, Humanities, or Culture and Religion courses. This one-volume survey provides students with detailed and systematic coverage of Non-Western art via coverage of the cultural and ideological contexts in which art was created. Michael Kampen-O'Riley created this text to serve as the market's first dedicated survey of Non-Western ...

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Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa

Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa more books like this

by Hans Silvester (Photographer)

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Photographer Hans Silvester travelled to the remote Omo Valley to capture the striking body art of the local Surma and Mursi tribes. Traditionally nomadic, the tribes decorate the territory of their naked bodies with whatever nature offers, such as leaves, flowers, grasses, butterfly wings and snail shells plus the occasional pen top or ...

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Quilts of Gees Bend (CL)

Quilts of Gees Bend (CL) more books like this

by William Arnett, John Beardsley, Jane Livingston

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Since the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 110 color illustrations, The Quilts of Gee's Bend includes a historical overview of the two hundred years of extraordinary quilt-making in this African-American community, its people, and their art-making ...

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African American Art and Artists

African American Art and Artists more books like this

by Samella Lewis, Floyd Coleman (Foreword by)

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Drawing from historical and private collections around the country, Samella Lewis has gathered an impressive representation of the work of African American artists, from the 18th century to the present. For this edition she has provided a new chapter on art of the last decade. Handsomely and generously illustrated, this book reveals a rich legacy ...

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Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey

Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey more books like this

by Fergal Keane

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Fergal Keane presents a view contrary to the common perception of the Rwandan conflict as a new eruption of old tribal tensions. He outlines how the genocide was planned far ahead of time by a power-hungry clique of Hutu leaders.

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The Cult of the Black Virgin

The Cult of the Black Virgin more books like this

by Ean Begg

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Ean Begg's book presents an explanation of the pagan origins of the phenomenon of the black Madonna, as well as its connections with the heretical Gnostic-Christian underground which flowed West with the cult of Mary Magdalene. Now newly revised, it also contains a comprehensive guide to the sites where black Virgins can be found.

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Oxford History of Art

Oxford History of Art more books like this

by Sharon F Patton

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African-American art has made an increasingly vital contribution to the art of the United States from the time of its origins in early-eighteenth-century slave communities. Folk and decorative arts such as ceramics, furniture, and quilts are discussed alongside fine art - sculpture, painting, and photography - produced by African Americans, both ...

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A history of art in Africa

A history of art in Africa more books like this

by Monica Blackmun Visoną

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This comprehensive work considers and presents the arts of Africa as art history, rather than as expressions of anthropological and societical impulses and traditions. The book's aim is to animate the study of African art, showing how it has continuously developed from evolving beliefs and traditions, complex cultural interactions, historical and ...

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African Art

African Art more books like this

by Frank Willett

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The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota and other African peoples is extremely vigorous and shows brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact of their works upon the development of 20th-century Western art - on Picasso, Derain, Braque and Modigliani, among others - continues to this day. This survey reveals the astonishing ...

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African Art in the Cycle of Life more books like this

by Roy Sieber Walker, Roslyn Adele Walker, Roy Sieber, Ph.D.

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Deep Blues: Bill Traylor 1854-1949 more books like this

by Josef Helfenstein, Bill Traylor, Roman Kurzmeyer (Editor)

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In this exhibition catalogue, the editors present not only Traylor's compellingly naive drawings, but also documentary photographs that reveal the daily life of southern blacks - in particular Traylor and his milieu. The contributors discuss his life and work, placing them in their social and historical background.

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Royal arts of Africa : the majesty of form more books like this

by Suzanne Preston Blier

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For use in an undergraduate or graduate course in African Art; also suitable as a supplementary reading for art history surveys. Lavishly illustrated, this historically grounded text draws together key traditions from West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa to present an informative and captivating survey of the most important royal arts in the ...

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Spirit of African Design more books like this

by Sharne Algotsson, Denys Davis

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This colorful guide to African style, with its strong and stunning motifs, is packed with photographs, cultural and historical information, and photographs of distinctive interiors.

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African Art: An Introduction more books like this

by Frank Willett

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The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota and other African peoples is extremely vigorous and shows a brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact their works had upon the development of 20th-century Western art - on Picasso, Derain, Braque and Modigliani, among others - continues to this day. This survey reveals the astonishing ...

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Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts more books like this

by William Arnett, Alvia J Wardlaw, Jane Livingston

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Since the 19th century, the women of Gee?s Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 350 color illustrations, 30 black-and-white illustrations, and charts, Gee?s Bend to Rehoboth is being·released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the ...

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Africa Adorned more books like this

by Angela Fisher

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Black Art: A Cultural History more books like this

by Richard Powell

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Placing its emphasis on black cultural themes rather than on black racial identity, this volumes explore the visual representations of black culture during the 20th century. The African diaspora generated a wide array of artistic achievements over the century: from blues to rap, from the paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner to the video installations ...

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Contemporary African Art more books like this

by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir

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This critical history examines the major themes and accomplishments in African art since the middle of the 20th century, seeking to achieve a balance between the critical re-examination of frequently-discussed artists, groups and workshops and the introduction of less-publicized or more recent material. Postcolonial art in Africa has built ...

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Insight and Artistry in African Divination more books like this

by J Pemberton

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Among the peoples of Central and West Africa, divination rituals are performed in moments set aside from ordinary affairs, yet they take place when circumstances require them. Intimately connected to daily life, they are attempts by individuals, families, or communities to discern through diviners the causes and meaning of anxiety, mishaps, ...

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African seats more books like this

by Sandro Bocola (Editor)

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The seat is an object of great cultural and artistic importance in Africa. This illustrated volume offers a look at the dazzling variety of chairs, stools, backrests and thrones that have been used throughout sub-Saharan Africa for centuries. Made from wood, stone, iron and fibres; elaborately carved, beaded or bejewelled, as well as rough-hewn, ...

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African Masterworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts more books like this

by Michael Kan, Roy Sieber, Ph.D., Helen M Shannon (Text by)

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This magnificent collection of African art showcases 88 of the Detroit Institute of Arts finest works, representing the full range of major sub-Saharan sculptural traditions during the past three centuries: masks, containers, carved stools, jewelry, and musical instruments. 120 photos, 99 in color.

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Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend more books like this

by Scott Reynolds Nelson

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The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. But for over a century, no one knew who the original John Henry was--or even if there was a real John Henry. In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott ...

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Art on My Mind: Visual Politics more books like this

by Bell Hooks

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A response to the dearth of critical writing by African Americans, this book represents hooks' response to the dialogues about producing, exhibiting and criticizing art that characterize an art world obsessed with identity politics. The author positions her critiques of art and visual politics within the question of how art can be an empowering ...

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Spirits in Stone: The New Face of African Art more books like this

by Robert Holmes (Photographer), Laura Ponter, Anthony Ponter

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