A history of art in Africa / Monica Blackmun Visonà, Robin Poynor, Herbert M. Cole ; with contributions by Suzanne Preston Blier (introduction) Rowland Abiodun (preface) and Michael D. Harris (chapter 16).

Author/creator Visonà, Monica Blackmun, 1953-
Other author Poynor, Robin, 1942-
Other author Cole, Herbert M.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoUpper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, ©2008.
Description560 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Africa, Art, and History: An Introduction -- Pt. I: From the Nile to the Niger -- The Sahara and the Maghreb -- Lands of the Nile: Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia -- The Central Sudan -- Mande Worlds and the Upper Niger -- The Western Sudan -- Pt. II: Western Africa -- West Atlantic Forests -- Akan Worlds -- The Yoruba and the Fon -- The Lower Niger -- Pt: III: Central Africa -- Cross River, Cameroon Grasslands, and Gabon -- The Western Congo Basin -- The Eastern Congo Basin -- Pt. IV: Eastern and Southern Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Southern Africa -- Pt V: The Diaspora -- African Artists Abroad -- Art of the African Diaspora.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 544-551) and index.
LCCN 2007015831
ISBN0136128726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780136128724 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0136128742 (case : alk. paper)
ISBN9780136128748 (case : alk. paper)