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Preface | |
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Africa, Art, and History: An Introduction | |
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From the Nile to the Niger | |
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The Sahara and the Maghreb | |
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Central Saharan Rock Art | |
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Large Wild Fauna Style | |
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Archaic Style | |
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Pastoralist Style | |
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Later Styles and Subjects | |
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The Maghreb and the Ancient Mediterranean World | |
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Carthage | |
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Numidia and Mauritania | |
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Rome | |
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The Coming of Islam | |
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The Great Mosque of Qairouan | |
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The Qarawiyyan Mosque | |
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Regional Berber Arts | |
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Architecture and Household Arts in the Northern Mountains | |
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Architecture and Household Arts in the Sahara | |
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Personal Arts of the Shleuh and Tuareg | |
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Contemporary Art of North Africa | |
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Aspects of African Culture: Personal Adornment | |
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Lands of the Nile: Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia | |
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Early Nile Cultures | |
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Kemet | |
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Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom | |
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New Kingdom | |
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Kush | |
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Axum and Its Time | |
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Egypt in the Sphere of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium | |
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Palaces and Tombs of Axum | |
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Ballana | |
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Early Christian Arts of Nubia and Ethiopia | |
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Faras | |
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Lalibela | |
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Early Solomonic Period | |
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Islamic Art of Egypt | |
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Later Christian Art of Ethiopia | |
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Lower Nubia Before the Aswan Dam | |
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Contemporary Artists of Sudan and Ethiopia | |
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The Central Sudan | |
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Ancient Art in Fired Clay | |
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Nok | |
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Bura | |
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Sao | |
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Living Arts of Small Communities | |
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The Dakakari and the Nigerian Plateau | |
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The Ga'anda and the Gongola River | |
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Musgum and the Logone River | |
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The Jukun of the Middle Benue River | |
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The Chamba of the Nigeria/Cameroon Borderlands | |
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The Mumuye of the Upper Benue River | |
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The Mambila of the Nigeria/Cameroon Borderlands | |
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The Imperial Arts of the Kanuri and Hausa | |
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Hausa Mosques and Civic Architecture | |
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Art, Literacy, and Mystic Faith | |
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The Fulani | |
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The Futa Djallon | |
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The Inland Niger Delta | |
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Southern Niger | |
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Northeastern Nigeria and the Adamawa | |
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Mande Worlds and the Upper Niger | |
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In the Sphere of Ancient Empires | |
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Wagadu | |
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Mali and the Inland Niger Delta | |
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The Architectural Legacy of Jenne | |
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Takrur and Jolof | |
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Recent Mande Arts: Nyamakalaw and Their Work | |
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Gwan and Jo | |
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Ntomo and Tyi Wara | |
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Bogolanfini | |
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Komo and Kono | |
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Kore, Secular Masquerades, and Puppetry | |
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Arts of the Home | |
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Art for the International Market | |
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The Western Sudan | |
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The Tellem | |
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The Dogon | |
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Sculpture | |
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Architecture | |
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Masks and Masquerades | |
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The Senufo | |
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Poro | |
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Sandogo | |
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Masks and Masquerades | |
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Places of Assembly and Celebration | |
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Tourist Arts | |
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Related Peoples of Burkina Faso | |
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Lobi Sculpture and Metalwork | |
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Bwa Masquerades | |
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Mossi Sculpture and Masking | |
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Nankani Architecture | |
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Western Africa | |
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West Atlantic Forests | |
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Early Arts | |
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Stone Figures | |
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Export Ivories | |
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Masking and Related Arts | |
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Initiations of the Jola, the Bidjogo, and Their Neighbors | |
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Performed Art of the Baga and Their Neighbors | |
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Women's and Men's Societies: Sande/Bondo and Poro | |
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Masks and Sacred Authority: The Dan and Their Neighbors | |
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Women's Arts Among the Dan and the We | |
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Masquerades of the Guro | |
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Cross-Currents and Hybrid Forms | |
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American-African Architecture | |
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Festival Arts | |
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Contemporary International Art | |
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Akan Worlds | |
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The Visual-Verbal Nexus | |
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Regalia and Arts of Statecraft | |
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Regalia in Ghana | |
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Stools and Chairs | |
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State Swords | |
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Linguist Staffs | |
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Baule and Lagoons Regalia | |
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Metal Arts: The Culture of Gold | |
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Textiles | |
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Terracotta Funerary Sculpture | |
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Wood Sculpture and Shrines | |
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Akua Ma | |
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Asante Carvings and Shrines | |
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Baule and Lagoons Carvings and Shrines | |
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Secular Carvings | |
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Royal Festivals in Ghana | |
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Baule Masks and Masquerades | |
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Goli | |
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Bonu Amwin and Do | |
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Age-Grade Arts of Lagoons Peoples | |
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Arts of Fante Military Companies | |
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Lives Well Lived: Contemporary Funerary Arts | |
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International Art | |
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Aspects of African Culture: Art and Leadership | |
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The Yoruba and the Fon | |
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Early Ife | |
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Archaic and Pre-Pavement Periods | |
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Pavement Period | |
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Early Owo | |
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Esie | |
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Recent Yoruba Art | |
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Royal Arts | |
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The Ogboni Society | |
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Art and the Spirit World | |
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Orunmila and Eshu | |
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Ogun, Osanyin, and Eyinle | |
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Shango and Ibeji | |
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Masks and Masquerades | |
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Dahomey | |
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Royal Arts | |
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Art and the Spirit World | |
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Modern Arts | |
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Brazilian Architecture | |
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Movements in Oshogbo | |
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The Ono Group | |
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Aspects of African Culture: Lost-Wax Casting | |
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The Lower Niger | |
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Igbo Ukwu | |
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Recent and Contemporary Igbo Arts | |
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Title Arts | |
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Shrines and Shrine Figures | |
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Mbari | |
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Ugonachonma | |
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Masks and Masquerades | |
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Shared Themes in Lower Niger Arts | |
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Personal Altars | |
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Light/Dark Masking: Beauties and Beasts | |
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Hierarchical Compositions | |
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Ibibio Memorial Arts | |
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Oron Ancestral Figures | |
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Kalabari Ijaw Festivals and Memorial Arts | |
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Benin: Six Centuries of Royal Arts | |
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Art, Ideology, and the Benin World | |
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Plaques | |
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Royal Altars | |
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Portuguese Presence in Benin Arts | |
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Masks and Masquerades | |
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Mamy Wata | |
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Aspects of African Culture: Shrines and Altars | |
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Central Africa | |
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Cross River, Cameroon Grasslands, and Gabon | |
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Cross River | |
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Early Arts | |
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Recent Arts of Secret Societies | |
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Cameroon Grasslands | |
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Palace Architecture | |
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Arts of the Royal Treasuries | |
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Royal Spectacle and Masquerade Arts | |
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Maritime Arts: The Duala | |
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Gabon | |
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Reliquary Figures | |
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Masks and Masquerades | |
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Contemporary International Arts | |
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Aspects of African Culture: Masquerades | |
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The Western Congo Basin | |
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Early Art | |
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The Kongo Kingdom | |
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Early Leadership Arts | |
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Religious Arts: Christianity and After | |
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Funerary and Memorial Arts | |
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Minkisi | |
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The Teke | |
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In the Sphere of the Lunda Empire | |
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Chokwe Leadership and Initiation Arts | |
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The Yaka and the Suku | |
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The Pende | |
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The Salampasu | |
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The Kuba | |
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Leadership Arts | |
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Ndop | |
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Architecture | |
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Prestige Objects | |
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Textile Arts | |
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Masks and Masquerades | |
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In the Shadow of the Kuba: The Ndengese, the Binji, and the Wongo | |
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The Lulua | |
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Contemporary Urban and International Art | |
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The Eastern Congo Basin | |
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Early Art from the Upemba Depression | |
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In the Sphere of the Luba Empire | |
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The Luba Heartland | |
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The Hemba | |
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The Tabwa | |
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The Songye | |
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Societies of the Lega, the Bembe, the Mbole, and the Azande | |
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Bwami | |
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Elanda and 'Alunga | |
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Lilwa | |
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Mani | |
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Court Art of the Azande and the Mangbetu | |
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The Mbuti | |
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Contemporary Arts | |
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Aspects of African Culture: Rites of Passage | |
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Eastern and Southern Africa | |
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Eastern Africa | |
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The Swahili Coast | |
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Islamic Arts | |
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Arts of Leadership | |
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Domestic Architecture | |
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Other Coastal Bantu Cultures | |
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Prestige Arts of the Interlacustrine Region | |
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The Nyamwezi | |
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Royal Treasuries | |
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Ceramics and Basketry | |
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Masquerades and Other Arts of the Maravi, the Makonde, the Makua, and the Yao | |
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Nyau | |
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Lipiko | |
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Sculpture | |
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Export Art | |
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Madagascar | |
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Memorial Arts | |
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Cushitic and Nilo-Saharan Speakers of the Interior | |
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Memorial Figures and Stone Tombs | |
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Personal Arts | |
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Contemporary Artists of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya | |
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Aspects of African Culture: Cycles and Circles | |
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Southern Africa | |
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Rock Art of Southern and Eastern Africa | |
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Earliest Images | |
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Zimbabwe | |
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Tanzania and Eastern Africa | |
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The Drakensberg Mountains | |
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Early Art of Bantu Speakers | |
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The Shona and Great Zimbabwe | |
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Recent Art of the Shona and Their Neighbors | |
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Art and Ancestors | |
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Initiations and Related Art | |
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Arts of the Sotho and the Nguni | |
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Art and Leadership Among the Sotho and the Tswana | |
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Nguni Beadwork | |
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Nguni Arts of Daily Life | |
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Architecture | |
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Art and Contemporary Issues | |
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International Art | |
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Art Under Apartheid | |
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The Diaspora | |
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Art of the African Diaspora | |
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Art in Slave and Folk Settings | |
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Speaking Through New Forms | |
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Reclaiming Africa | |
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Image and Idea | |
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Getting Behind the Mask: TransAtlantic Dialogues | |
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African Heritage in Popular and Ritual Arts | |
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Five Contemporary Artists | |
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Glossary | |
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Annotated Bibliography | |
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Picture Credits | |
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Index | |