A history of art in Africa /

Visonà, Monica Blackmun, 1953-.

A history of art in Africa / Monica Blackmun Visonà, Robin Poynor, Herbert M. Cole ; with contributions by Suzanne Preston Blier (introduction) Rowland Abiodun (preface) and Michael D. Harris (chapter 16). - 2nd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. - 560 p : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 544-551) and index.

Africa, Art, and History: An Introduction -- Pt. I: From the Nile to the Niger -- The Sahara and the Maghreb -- Lands of the Nile: Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia -- The Central Sudan -- Mande Worlds and the Upper Niger -- The Western Sudan -- Pt. II: Western Africa -- West Atlantic Forests -- Akan Worlds -- The Yoruba and the Fon -- The Lower Niger -- Pt: III: Central Africa -- Cross River, Cameroon Grasslands, and Gabon -- The Western Congo Basin -- The Eastern Congo Basin -- Pt. IV: Eastern and Southern Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Southern Africa -- Pt V: The Diaspora -- African Artists Abroad -- Art of the African Diaspora.

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Art, African.

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