Excerpt from "The visual image in Africa: an introduction" in Images and empires: visuality in colonial and post-colonial Africa, ed. by Paul S. Landau and Deborah Kaspin.

The full text article reprinted from History in Africa. 22 (1995): 369-408..

Remarque: les résumés sont en français ou en anglais.

This exhibition site about sculptures from a historical kingdom in Nigeria includes images, historical summaries, events information, and several short videos.

-- About SARS publications. See also: Berlin's SAG-Sudan Archaeological Society below. below

"The Carlos Museum's Egyptian collection includes objects from the Predynastic period down to the Roman occupation. First and foremost, it illustrates the funerary beliefs and practices of the ancient Egyptians: the need for the preservation of the body and for burial with the proper funerary equipment. While this might seem to suggest that the Egyptians were obsessed with death, it must be remembered that such an impression is partly due to archaeological factors. The Egyptians buried their dead in the desert, while they lived their lives in cities and villages near the river. It is easier to excavate in dry sand than in areas where work is hampered by a high water table and by present-day occupation. Nevertheless, objects of everyday life are represented in the Carlos Museum's collection, thanks to the Egyptians' habit of placing such items in their tombs for use in the afterlife."

"..the approximately 900 works acquired by the Carlos Museum from William S. Arnett in 1994 offer valuable insight into African artistic expressions in the variety of their forms, functions, and cultures of origin. The collection also reflects Mr. Arnett's personal collecting interests over the past 25 years. A majority of the objects come from West Africa, with a focus on the numerous cultures of Nigeria, Republic of Benin, and the Cameroon Grassfields. The rest are from the Equatorial Central region of the continent, located mainly in the modern state of Zaire [Dem. Rep. of Congo]. Most of the works date from the 19th and early 20th centuries."

--See also: "Through African Eyes" Exhibition--Learning Tools for High School Teachers (Curriculum information in PDF and PowerPoint formats)

A brief summary of the archaeology and architecture of GZ, with several photographs ; part of a larger website on the   Visual Arts of Zimbabwe.

Brief summaries about the European encounter with GZ, with a few illustrations.

A very brief sketch, with only two illustrations.

These web pages have not been updated since 1995: a brief history and discussion of kente cloth, with an entire page of samples and descriptions.

Un site bien illusté sur la grande héritage culturelle de la ville, y compris une galerie photographique sur le crépisage de la grande mosquée de Djenné, un recueil de cartes sur la localisation des tombeaux des Saints, et Djenné patrimoine informations. (Online). Bulletin. -- [France]: Association pour la promotion du patrimoine culturel de Djenné (Mali), 1996-.

An extensive collection of travel photographs of people, landscapes, and cultural sites among the Dogon and the Lobi of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana; plus images from along the Niger River in Mali. Note: individual photos are labelled, but there are no explanatory captions.
-- See especially: "Malian Architecture" photo album

A summary of the 1997 project on the archæogical and historical sites of Jenne-Jeno along the Upper Niger River in Mali, West Africa. The project was designed as a way of teaching archæology to middle and high school students. There are lots of interesting photographs, maps, diagrams, and links to other archaeology sites on the Net.

These web pages offer very brief historical summaries, with a few images and maps. Topics include art of: Aksum, Benin, Egypt, Fulani/Fulbe, Great Zimbabwe, Ife, Igbo-Ukwu, Nok, Nubia, Mali and Songhai empires, Sudan, etc.

This web site features thumbnail images of selected objects in the permanent collection and a general search tool.

The "scholarly resource" is still accessible, including essays, glossary, images, and bibliography.

Plusieurs descriptions des fonds du Musée et quelques exemples de l'Angola, du Gabon, de la Mauritanie ; et ceux des Touaregs.

"L'exposition présente l'histoire de l'art et de la culture dogon, depuis le 10ème siècle jusqu'à nos jours, à travers plus de 330 oeuvres exceptionnelles."

This exhibition was organized and produced by the Fowler Museum at UCLA and guest curated by Henry Drewal, Ph.D., who is professor of Art History and Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin. The exhibition debuted at the Fowler Museum, then traveled to the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. See the final viewing at the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, California.

"This exhibition celebrates the creativity of African artists who have made utilitarian objects of great beauty. Made to fulfill a specific function, each object was also skillfully conceived to provoke visual and tactile delight."

Gold objects by Akan artists from Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire in the 19th and 20th centuries.

"The exhibition is organized into sections that consider the forms and underlying aesthetic values of Urhobo society: personal images that offer protection and advancement; images of women at various stages of life; masquerade arts; and at the grandest level, communal shrine art, awesome in scale and form. Integral to the exhibition are works by contemporary Urhobo artist Bruce Onobrakpeya."

"The works employ text and graphic symbols to tell stories about memory, identity and the power of language. In doing so, they bring African visual histories into the global debate on conceptualism, which often melds word and image."

The website features videos and images by "10 artists, from across several generations, who have addressed issues of identity, experienced displacement and created new 'homelands'. Their artworks span the media--from paintings, mixed media, photography and digital prints to ceramic and papier mâché sculptures, murals and on-site installations."

The website includes images of Ethiopian Orthodox Christian icons (and processional crosses) from the 17th to the 19th centuries; plus a   short bibliography.

A selection of images from an exhibition of works by the new African diaspora artists in Europe and the USA.

The website features images from the photography exhibition.

These web pages offer a very brief summary of the history and art of the Mali empire, with only a few images and a list of related web links.

Artists include: Olu Amoda, El Anatsui, Owusu Ankomah, Viyé Diba, Samuel Fosso, Senzeni Marasela, Etiyé Dimma Poulsen, Julien Sinzogan, and Sue Williamson.

An inventory and description of the collection of 7,610 photographs and sample images.

A gallery of images and links to basic information and discussion.

The website features information about public rock art sites in South Africa, plus information on research, museum-related activities, and publications.

Information about research programmes, publications, and related links are available on this website.

A woman artist from Nigeria who sculpts in steel and exhibits mostly in England. Her work is inspired primarily by the Kalabari masquerades, sometimes by the Gelede masquerades of the Yoruba, and by her own observations of life in England and elsewhere. See more of Camp's work from a 1999 exhibit (above) at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.

Online images of sculptures by the artist and links to her many exhibitions in Germany, the UK, and the USA.