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ARTD 3128: Arts of Western Africa: Textiles

Chris Richards Fall 2020

Readings Unit 6

Week 12 – Textiles: Benin, Fon Appliqués and Ghana, Asafo Flags

Nov. 10: Adams “Fon Appliqued Cloths”

Nov. 12: Ross “Defining the Fante” from Art, Honor and Ridicule

Adams, Fon Appliqued Cloth
Adams, Monni. “Fon Appliqued Cloths.” African Arts 13, no. 2 (February 1, 1980): 28–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/3335514.
Ross, "Defining the Fante"
Forni, Silvia, and Doran H Ross. Art, Honor, and Ridicule: Fante Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana, 2017.