Africa in History: Themes and OutlinesArranged chronologically, the essays in this book--each brilliantly introduced by the editor--deal with the way art and culture interact in modern times. Each author focuses on one aspect of modern art and its relation to culture by analyzing, questioning or refuting the ideas about art that people just assume are true.The essays are also grouped into one of four different models used by art theorists today: the formalist (in which the works of art describe the processes of making art), the avant-garde (art that threatens the status quo), the contextualist (in which art can exist only in a specific situation or context), and the post-modernist (stating that art is not completely detached from popular culture).Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here. |
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New Truths | 1 |
In the Heart of Africa ΤΟ | 10 |
Ancient Glories | 21 |
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achieved African history Angola Arabic Asante became Benin Berber Boers British Caliphate Cape central chiefs Christian cities civilization coastal colonial period colonial rule Congo conquest continued culture delta Dingiswayo early East eastern Egypt Egyptian empire Ethiopia Europe European forms French Fulani Gambia Ghana Gold Coast gradually grasslands groups growth Guinea Hausa Herero imperial importance independence Indian Ocean influence invasion Iron Age Islam ivory Kanem Kenya Kilwa kingdoms kings Kush Kushite labour lands large number later Mali Mandinka Meroitic Middle military modern Moroccan movement Mozambique Muhamad Muslim nation neighbours Niger Nigeria Nile nineteenth century northern Nubia organization political population Portuguese pressures region remained revolt Rhodesia river rulers Sahara Segu Senegal settlement settlers sixteenth century slave trade social Songhay South Africa southern Africa southward Sudan territories Timbuktu tion took towns traditional unity West Africa Western Sudan Yoruba Zambezi