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ARTD 3128: Arts of Western Africa: Bibliography

Chris Richards Fall 2020

Bibliography of Readings

Adams, Monni. “Fon Appliqued Cloths.” African Arts 13, no. 2 (February 1, 1980): 28–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/3335514.
Bianchi, Robert Steven. “The Case against Extensive Masking in Ancient Egypt.” Egypt in Africa / Theodore Celenko, Editor., 1996, 75–77.
Boone, Sylvia Ardyn. Radiance from the Waters: Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1986.
Bourgeois, Arthur P. “Masking in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Egypt in Africa / Theodore Celenko, Editor., 1996, 68–70.
Burns, Vivian. “Travel to Heaven: Fantasy Coffins.” African Arts 7, no. 2 (January 1, 1974): 24–25. https://doi.org/10.2307/3334718.
Cole, Herbert M. Mbari, Art and Life among the Owerri Igbo. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982.
Cole, Herbert M, Chike Cyril Aniakor, Alexander Okwudor Attah, and Los Angeles) Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery (University of California. Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1984.
Colleyn, Jean-Paul. “The Kono, the Ci-Wara.” In Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali, edited by Jean-Paul Colleyn and Mary Jo Arnoldi. New York; Zurich; Gent: Museum for African Art ; Museum Rietberg ; Snoek-Ducaju & Zoon, 2001. http://books.google.com/books?id=iB9IAQAAIAAJ.
Colleyn, Jean-Paul, Mary Jo Arnoldi, N.Y.) Museum for African Art (New York, and Museum Rietberg. Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali. New York; Zurich; Gent: Museum for African Art ; Museum Rietberg ; Snoek-Ducaju & Zoon, 2001. http://books.google.com/books?id=iB9IAQAAIAAJ.
Dieterlen, Germaine. “Masks and Mythology among the Dogon.” African Arts 22, no. 3 (May 1, 1989): 34–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/3336777.
Eyo, Ekpo. From Shrines to Showcases: Masterpieces of Nigerian Art. Abuja: Federal Ministry of Information and Communication, 2008.
Forni, Silvia, and Doran H Ross. Art, Honor, and Ridicule: Fante Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana, 2017.
Homann, Lisa, Smithsonian Libraries, and African Art Index Project. “Alluring Obscurity: Dancing Nocturnal White Masks in Southwestern Burkina Faso.” Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics. 6566 (2015): 65–66.
Kaplan, Flora Edoouwaye S. “Women in Benin Society and Art.” Benin : Kings and Rituals : Court Arts from Nigeria /., 2007, 140–49.
Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield. “African Art and Authenticity: A Text with a Shadow.” African Arts 25, no. 2 (April 1, 1992): 40–97. https://doi.org/10.2307/3337059.
McNaughton, Patrick. “Vigilant Things: On Thieves, Yoruba Anti-Aesthetics, and the Strange Fates of Ordinary Objects in Nigeria. David T. Doris. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011. 400 Pages, 77 Color Illustrations, 10 b/w Illustrations, 2 Maps, 3 Appendices, Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $60.00 Cloth.” African Arts 46, no. 1 (February 5, 2013): 89–90. https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_r_00049.
McNaughton, Patrick R. “Introduction, ‘The Komo.’” In Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali, edited by Jean-Paul Colleyn and Mary Jo Arnoldi. New York; Zurich; Gent: Museum for African Art ; Museum Rietberg ; Snoek-Ducaju & Zoon, 2001. http://books.google.com/books?id=iB9IAQAAIAAJ.
———. “Malian Antiquities and Contemporary Desire.” African Arts 28, no. 4 (October 1, 1995): 22–27. https://doi.org/10.2307/3337288.
Plankensteiner, Barbara. “Introduction.” In Benin Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria, edited by Museum für Völkerkunde Wien. Ghent: Snoeck, 2007.
Richards, Polly. “Masques Dogons in a Changing World.” African Arts 38, no. 4 (2005): 46–93.
Roy, Christopher D, and Françoise Chaffin. Art of the Upper Volta Rivers. Meudon, France: A. et F. Chaffin, 1987. http://books.google.com/books?id=avwkAQAAMAAJ.
Shonibare, Yinka, Rachel Kent, and N.S.W.) Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney. Yinka Shonibare MBE, 2014.
Sidibé, Samuel. “The Pillage of Archaeological Sites in Mali.” African Arts 28, no. 4 (October 1, 1995): 52–55. https://doi.org/10.2307/3337292.
Soppelsa, Robert T. “A Life Well Lived: Fantasy Coffins of Kane Quaye.” African Arts 28, no. 2 (April 1, 1995): 74–75. https://doi.org/10.2307/3337231.
Spindel, Carol. “‘The Mat, the Cloth and the African Sky.’” In In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.
Spini, Tito, and Sandro Spini. Togu Na: The African Dogon : “House of Men, House of Words.” New York: Rizzoli, 1977.
Vogel, Susan. Baule: African Art, Western Eyes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/baule/intro.htm.
Wolinski, Arlene. “The Case for Ceremonial Masking in Ancient Egypt.” Egypt in Africa / Theodore Celenko, Editor., 1996, 71–74.