4. HOME TEST PAGE There is a peoples Database which includes the Kongo, Kota, Kuba, Lobi, Luba, lwalwa,Makonde, Mbole story architecture, Islam and indigenous African cultures http://www.msu.edu/~metzler/matrix/dream/humanities.html |
LIST OF IMPORTANT AFRICA-RELATED WEB SITES Introduction Culture Current Events Economics ... Society ART - 12th International Triennial Symposium on African Art
, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands April 25-29, 2001 Conference sponsored by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (U.S.). http://itsdev.appstate.edu/triennial/ Adire African Textiles - Duncan Clarke History, background, and photographs of adire, adinkra, kente, bogolan, Yoruba aso-oke, akwete, ewe, kuba, and nupe textiles. The symbolism of images is often provided. One can purchase textiles as well. Clarke's Ph.D. dissertation (School of Oriental and African Studies) is on Yoruba men's weaving. Based in London. http://www.adire.clara.net Africa: One Continent. Many Worlds Extensive site for the traveling art exhibit from the Field Museum, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and others. Includes video, photographs on the history and art of the Royal Palace of the Bamum (Cameroun), conflict resolution among the BaKongo (Congo-Brazzaville and Kinshasa, Angola), Benin history through elephant tusks and Benin bronzes, metal working, use of gold weights, commerce across the Sahara, the market in Kano (Nigeria), men's hats, combs/jewelry, rock art, a Liberian folk tale, the role of masks, drums, kora music from Senegal, the elephant as a royal animal, and more. Has a | |
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