LibGuides: ARTD 3128: Arts of Western Africa: Introduction

Readings Unit 1

Week 1 - Introduction to Course

Individual, introductory meetings with each student via Zoom

Week 2 – Introduction to West African Cultures / Ancient and Pre-Colonial Africa

Sept. 1: (Spindel “The Mat, the Cloth and the African Sky” and Kasfir “African Art and Authenticity”

Watch all six clips from The Black Kingdoms of the Nile playlist on Youtube:

Sept. 3: (Bourgeois “Masking in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Wolinski, “The Case for Ceremonial Masking,” and Bianchi “The Case Against Extensive Masking”)

Spindel, Carol. “‘The Mat, the Cloth and the African Sky.
Spindel, Carol. “‘The Mat, the Cloth and the African Sky.’” In In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.
Hunter College Cooperman Library Stacks DT545.45 .S44 S65 1989
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Kasfir, African Art and Authenticity
Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield. 1992. "African art and authenticity: a text with a shadow". African Arts = Arts D'Afrique / African Studies Center, University of California Los Angeles.
Bourgeois:Wolinksi:BianchiMasking
Bianchi, Robert Steven. “The Case against Extensive Masking in Ancient Egypt.” Egypt in Africa / Theodore Celenko, Editor., 1996, 75–77.
Bourgeois, Arthur P. “Masking in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Egypt in Africa / Theodore Celenko, Editor., 1996, 68–70.
Wolinski, Arlene. “The Case for Ceremonial Masking in Ancient Egypt.” Egypt in Africa / Theodore Celenko, Editor., 1996, 71–74.