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Contents· 112 sections
- 01: West Africa
- 1.01: Burkina Faso
- 1.02: The art of Ghana
- 1.2.01: Golden Stool (Sika dwa kofi) Asante peoples
- 1.2.02: Linguist Staff (Okyeamepoma) (Asante peoples)
- 1.2.04: Memorial Head (Akan peoples)
- 1.2.05: Akuaba Female Figure (Akan peoples)
- 1.2.06: Asafo Flags- Stitches Through Time
- 1.2.07: El Anatsui
- 1.2.08: El Anatsui Old Mans Cloth
- 4.1.2.03: Kente cloth
- 1.03: Guinea
- 1.04: The art of the Ivory Coast
- 1.4.01: Owie Kimou Portrait Mask (Mblo) of Moya Yanso (Baule peoples)
- 1.4.02: Pair of Diviners Figures (Baule peoples)
- 1.05: The art of Mali
- 1.5.01: Saving Timbuktus manuscripts
- 1.5.02: Seated Figure (Djenne peoples)
- 1.5.03: Lost History- the terracotta sculpture of Djenne Djenno
- 1.5.04: Great Mosque of Djenne (Djenne peoples)
- 1.5.05: Dogon Couple (Dogon peoples)
- 1.5.06: Mask (Kanaga) (Dogon peoples)
- 1.5.07: Male and Female Antelope Headdresses (Ci wara) (Bamana peoples)
- 1.5.08: Komo Helmet Mask (Komokunw) (Bamana peoples)
- 1.5.09: Seydou Keita Untitled (Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress)
- 1.06: The art of Nigeria
- 1.6.01: Benin Plaques
- 1.6.02: The Kingdom of Benin
- 1.6.03: Benin Art- Patrons Artists and Current Controversies
- 1.6.04: The Imagery of Power on Benin Bronze Plaques
- 1.6.05: Benin and the Portuguese
- 1.6.06: Queen Mother Pendant Mask (Iyoba) (Edo peoples)
- 1.6.07: Benin ivory mask (Edo peoples)
- 1.6.08: Benin plaque- Equestrian Oba and Attendants
- 1.6.09: Ere Ibeji Figures (Yoruba peoples)
- 1.6.10: Kingdom of Ife- Sculptures from West Africa
- 1.6.11: Ife uncovered
- 1.6.12: Olowe of Ise
- 1.6.13: Olowe of Ise Veranda Post of Enthroned King and Senior Wife
- 1.6.14: Ikenga (Igbo peoples)
- 1.6.15: Uche Okeke
- 1.6.16: Yinka Shonibare The Swing (After Fragonard)
- 1.07: Republic of Benin
- 1.08: The art of Sierra Leone
- 1.8.01: Lidded Saltcellar
- 1.8.02: Stone Head (mahe yafei) Kisi peoples
- 1.8.03: Bundu Sowei Helmet Mask (Mende peoples)
- 1.8.04: Helmet Mask
- 1.8.05: Cotton hammock (Vai peoples)
- 1.8.06: Ceremonial Ladle (Dan peoples)
- 1.8.07: Found accidentally
- 02: Central Africa
- 2.01: Cameroon
- 2.1.01: Ceremonial Palm Wine Vessel (Cameroon Grasslands peoples)
- 2.1.02: Elephant Mask (Bamileke Peoples)
- 2.02: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2.2.01: Crucifix (Kongo peoples)
- 2.2.02: Female (pwo) Mask
- 2.2.03: Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi) Kongo peoples
- 2.2.04: Ndop Portrait of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul (Kuba peoples)
- 2.2.05: Lukasa (Memory Board) (Luba peoples)
- 2.2.06: Buli Master possibly Ngongo ya Chintu Prestige Stool- Female Caryatid (Luba or Hemba peoples)
- 2.2.07: Double Prestige Panel (Kuba peoples)
- 2.2.08: Figurative Harp (Domu) (Mangbetu peoples)
- 2.03: Gabon
- 2.3.01: Kota reliquary (mbulu ngulu)
- 2.3.02: Female Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble (Fang peoples)
- 2.3.03: Female Reliquary Guardian Figure (Fang peoples)video
- 03: North Africa
- 3.01: Algeria and Libya
- 3.1.01: Rock Art in North Africa
- 3.1.02: Rock Art in the Green Sahara (Africa)
- 3.1.03: Running Horned Woman Tassili nAjjer Algeria
- 3.1.04: Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
- 3.1.05: Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
- 3.02: Egypt
- 3.03: The art of Tunisia
- 3.3.01: The Great Mosque of Kairouan
- 3.3.02: Kairouan (from UNESCO)
- 04: Southern Africa
- 4.01: The art of Namibia
- 4.1.01: Origins of rock art in Africa
- 4.1.02: Apollo 11 Cave Stones
- 4.02: The art of South Africa
- 4.2.01: Married Womans Apron (Ndebele peoples)
- 4.2.02: William Kentridge drawing from Tide Table (Soho in Deck Chair)
- 4.2.2.01: On the beach but in a suit
- 4.03: Zimbabwe
- 4.3.01: Great Zimbabwe
- 05: A beginner's guide
- 5.01: Peoples and cultures
- 5.02: Historical overview- to 1600
- 5.03: Historical overview- from the 1600s to the present
- 5.04: Aesthetics
- 5.05: The human figure animals and symbols
- 5.06: Form and meaning
- 5.07: Religion and the Spiritual Realm
- 5.08: Art and politics
- 5.09: Rites of passage
- 5.10: Art and the individual
- 5.11: African art and the effects of European contact and colonization
- 5.12: The Reception of African Art in the West
- 5.13: Western appreciation of African art
- 06: East Africa and the Horn of Africa
- 6.01: Tanzania
- 6.02: The art of Ethiopia
- 6.2.01: Aksumite Coins
- 6.2.02: Illuminated Gospel
- 6.2.03: Julie Mehretu Stadia II
- 6.2.04: Christian Ethiopian art
- 6.2.05: An Ethiopian icon
- 6.2.06: The kingdom of Aksum