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Book Bamana and Bozo Puppetry of the Segou Region Youth Societies

Download or read book Bamana and Bozo Puppetry of the Segou Region Youth Societies written by Mary Jo Arnoldi and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bamana and Bozo Puppetry of the Segou Region Youth Societys

Download or read book Bamana and Bozo Puppetry of the Segou Region Youth Societys written by Mary Jo Arnoldi and published by . This book was released on 197? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Conference on Manding Studies

Download or read book Conference on Manding Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of the Robert Goldwater Library  the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Download or read book Catalog of the Robert Goldwater Library the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Robert Goldwater Library and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Empires of Medieval West Africa

Download or read book Empires of Medieval West Africa written by David C. Conrad and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores empires of medieval west Africa.

Book Arts   Humanities Citation Index

Download or read book Arts Humanities Citation Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

Book Timbuktu s Golden Legacy

Download or read book Timbuktu s Golden Legacy written by Mercedes Sayagues and published by South African Institute of International Affairs Jan Smuts House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclopedia of Africa

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Africa written by Anthony Appiah and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Africa presents the most up-to-date and thorough reference on this region of ever-growing importance in world history, politics, and culture. Its core is comprised of the entries focusing on African history and culture from 2005's acclaimed five-volume Africana - nearly two-thirds of these 1,300 entries have been updated, revised, and expanded to reflect the most recent scholarship. Organized in an A-Z format, the articles cover prominent individuals, events, trends, places, political movements, art forms, business and trade, religions, ethnic groups, organizations, and countries throughout Africa. There are articles on contemporary nations of sub-Saharan Africa, ethnic groups from various regions of Africa, and European colonial powers. Other examples include Congo River, Ivory trade, Mau Mau rebellion, and Pastoralism. The Encyclopedia of Africa is sure to become the essential resource in the field.

Book Dictionary of African Filmmakers

Download or read book Dictionary of African Filmmakers written by Roy Armes and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly short biographies and filmographies.

Book Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe  1800 1914

Download or read book Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe 1800 1914 written by John McCormick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comparative study in English of all aspects of puppetry in nineteenth-century Europe.

Book Warriors  Merchants  and Slaves

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 1987-06
  • ISBN : 0804766134
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Warriors Merchants and Slaves written by and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1987-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of two centuries, the region of the Middle Niger valley of the Western Sudan was dominated by three successive states: the indigenous Segu Bambara state, the Islamic Umarian state, and the French colonial state. In each of these states, warriors were the rulers, and not surprisingly warfare was the primary expression of state power. The survival of each state depended on its ability to reproduce its capacity to make war; in order to do so, the warrior state intervened in the economy. In each of the three states, the interrelationship of warfare, the state, and the economy produced different results. How the state actually intervened in the economy and how this intervention influenced the structure and performance of the economy is the subject of this book. During the 200 years under study, the regional economy of the Middle Niger valley expanded and contracted in response to the state's capacity to provide conditions favorable to commercial development, capital accumulation, and investment. When the Segu Bambara state was able to control the autonomy of its warriors, the state encouraged the expansion of the regional economy. The Umarians, on the other hand, preyed upon producers within the region, and created conditions that discouraged long-term investments. The very success of the French conquest initially encouraged investment, especially in the form of slaves. After 1894, however, conflict between civilian colonial authorities and the French military undermined the economic and social foundations erected by the military. From 1905 to 1914, slaves left their masters and helped once again to transform the structure and performance of the economy.

Book Visual Arts in Cameroon

    Book Details:
  • Author : Schemmel, Annette
  • Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
  • Release : 2016-02-27
  • ISBN : 9956763608
  • Pages : 410 pages

Download or read book Visual Arts in Cameroon written by Schemmel, Annette and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2016-02-27 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annette Schemmel provides a highly illuminating case study of the major actors, discourses and paradigm that shaped the history of visual arts in Cameroon during the second part of the 20th century. Her book meticulously reconstructs the multiple ways of artistic knowledge acquisition - from the consolidation of the "Système de Grands Frères" in the 1970s to the emergence of more discursively oriented small artists' initiatives which responded to the growing NGO market of social practice art opportunities in the 2000s. Based on archival research, participant observation and in depth interviews with art practitioners in Douala and Yaoundé, this study is a must read for everyone who wants to better understand the vibrant artistic scenes in countries like Cameroon, which until today lack a proper state-funded infrastructure in the arts.

Book Museums   History in West Africa

Download or read book Museums History in West Africa written by West African Museums Programme and published by James Currey. This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Representing museums throughout western Africa, including those in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal, twenty-four contributors argue that their institutions must become active, research-related centres capable of developing historical knowledge and communicating it locally. They urge museums throughout the sub-region to focus their collection building strategies, to use indigenous material culture, to research recent social and cultural changes, and to harness family histories in their efforts to convey their findings more fully and root their activities more firmly in their communities."--Jacket.

Book Africa and Africans

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Bohannan
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1964
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book Africa and Africans written by Paul Bohannan and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Petrushka

    Book Details:
  • Author : Catriona Kelly
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2009-02-12
  • ISBN : 9780521108997
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Petrushka written by Catriona Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petrushka, the Russian equivalent of Punch and Judy, was one of the most popular spectacles at fairgrounds and in city courtyards for over a century. Catriona Kelly's study, the first to appear in English, traces the history of Petrushka, illustrating how it reflected the tensions of Russian urban life both before and after the Revolution. Written from a standpoint informed by literary theory, her book at the same time breaks open the categories traditionally applied, both in the Soviet Union and in the West, to the study of Russian literature and popular culture. Contemporary interpretations of Petrushka on the street, high-cultural appropriations of it for a bourgeois and intellectual readership (notably the famous ballet by Benois and Stravinsky), and adaptations made for agit-prop purposes are all analysed. Based on a wide range of unusual materials, this lively and very readable account will appeal not only to literary specialists, but also to those interested in cultural politics, folklore, women's studies and popular theatre.

Book Iyare  Splendor and Tension in Benin s Palace Theatre

Download or read book Iyare Splendor and Tension in Benin s Palace Theatre written by Kathy Curnow and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhibition catalogue explores the art of Nigeria's Benin Kingdom via theatrical metaphors that echo palace settings, performers and ceremonies. It also considers what happens during non-celebratory moments of preparation and relaxation, the impact Benin art and culture have on surrounding regions, and how they both recovered from the 1897 British invasion and have spread their reach world-wide. The catalogue concentrates on the collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, but also features loan objects and extensive field photographs, reconstructive drawings and maps. An index, glossary and extensive bibliography are included. The catalogue was a seminar project for the IYARE! exhibition held at the Penn Museum in 2008; Curnow wrote the chapter text and some catalogue entries, while students contributed other entries.

Book The Visual Arts of Africa

Download or read book The Visual Arts of Africa written by Judith Perani and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special features of this book: follows a geographical organization across the continent; each chapter is reader friendly with clear, accessible sub-headings; represents important religious and utilitarian art traditions from the Sahara desert, West Africa, Central Africa, Northeast Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa; gives special attention to the themes of gender, power, and life cycle rituals, which frequently intersect with one another to form an understanding of the arts of Africa; includes figurative sculpture, masquerades, architecture, textiles, dress, ceramics, wall painting, and leatherwork traditions; includes selected examples of the earliest known documented art works as well as contemporary art of each geographical region; includes an up-to-date bibliography, incorporating recent published field research for each chapter; and features 369 black and white illustrations, 16 colored plates, maps, and a time line.