African Arts articles from September 2006

African Arts archives from September 2006

AA goes E.(first word)(African Arts journal on the net)(Editorial)
September 22, 2006... As of this past May, back issues of African Arts up to 2001 are available on the electronic archiving service JSTOR. Many of you are probably affiliated with an institution that subscribes to JSTOR and have access to the archive through your...

Expanding the canon: telephone wire and tin cans.(Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets)(Africa on the Move: Toys from West Africa)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets David Arment and Marisa Fick-Jordaan with contributions by Karel Nel and Paul Mikula Santa Fe: S/C Editions, 2005. 211 pages, 270 color illustrations. Glossary, list of resources. $50.00, cloth....

Within Loving Memory of the Century: An Autobiography.(Gerard Sekoto: 'I Am an African')(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Within Loving Memory of the Century: An Autobiography Azaria J.C. Mbatha Scottsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2005. 398 pp. 65 illustrations, 1 map, photos, bibliography. ZAR 280; US$89.95. Hardback. Gerard Sekoto:...

Asserting/inventing traditions on the Luapula: the Lunda Mutomboko Festival.
September 22, 2006... The Mutomboko Festival of the Lunda people in Zambia's Luapula Province is a widely popular and locally profitable event. It usually takes place on the last weekend of July; the late July date commemorates the July 29, 1961, installment of...

A crown on the move: stylistic integration of the Luba-Lunda complex in Lunda-Kazembe performance.
September 22, 2006... Carried on a scarlet and zebra-hide litter above the heads of a throbbing crowd, Mwata Kazembe XIX gloriously stretches out his arms as if to embrace a world that is his own (Fig. 1). As he parts the sea of well-wishers, splashes of red burst...

Amazigh textiles and dress in Morocco: metaphors of motherhood.
September 22, 2006... Berber women are artists. They weave brightly colored carpets, and they adorn their faces, hands, and ankles with tattoos, dye their hands and feet with henna, and paint their faces with saffron (Fig. 2). They embroider brightly colored motifs...

Art of being Tuareg: Sahara nomads in a modern world.(exhibition preview)
September 22, 2006... The moment he saw her, He re-arranged his veil He stopped, forgetting the road, Until his friends became surprised. They understood, of course And told him he must be patient... Before seeing her face, He saw her rings, her...

Power Dressing: Men's Fashion and Prestige in Africa.(recent exhibitions)
September 22, 2006... Power Dressing Men's Fashion and Prestige in Africa The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ October 19, 2005-January 22, 2006 The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY April 2-May 28, 2006 Other venues to come "Power Dressing: Men's Fashion...

For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection.
September 22, 2006... For Hearth and Altar African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection The Art Institute of Chicago December 3, 2005-February 20, 2006 "For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection" was an outstanding...

Current events.(Calendar)
September 22, 2006... Information subject to change * western states (by closing date) Power Dressing Men's Fashion and Prestige in Africa December 2006-February 2007 Museum of International Folk Art Santa Fe, NM Art of Being...