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ARTD 3134/7142 Subject, Creator, Consumer: Women and African Art (Richards): Pottery

OER created for Prof. Chris Richards' ART3134/7142 course

Women as Creators: African Pottery

The Mande

Pottery: the Mande (Frank “Recovering the Past”)

Frank, Recovering the Past
Barbara E. Frank, Recovering the Past: The Place of Pots and Potters in Mande Art History, in Clay and Fire: Pottery in Africa, p. 29-46

Further Reading and Resources

Frank's Web Essay on Bamana Womens' Pottery

Zulu Pottery

Elizabeth Perrill, Zulu Pottery
1. Social history, Cultural context,
and pot types 2. preparation, construction,
and decoration p. 5-38

Togo Pottery

La Duke, Tsevie, Togo, Earth Magic
La Duke, "Tsevie, Togo, Earth Magic," in Africa: Women's Art Women's Lives pp.56-62.

Pottery as “Fine Art”: Ardmore Pottery

Scott, Ardmore
Gillian Scott, Ardmore: An African Discovery, pp. 4-28
Chris Richards, Politicized Parables
Christopher Richards (2022) Politicised Parables: A Reassessment of Bonnie Ntshalintshali’s Early Ceramic Sculptures, de arte, 57:1, 80-106.

Pottery as “Fine Art”: Magdalene Odundo

Cooksey, “Resonance and Inspiration”
Susan Cooksey, Resonance and Inspiration: New Works by Magdalene Odundo and Cermaics from the Harn Museum Collection