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 |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, ©2008. |
| Description | 560 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Table 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 544-551) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007015831 |
| ISBN | 0136128726 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780136128724 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0136128742 (case : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780136128748 (case : alk. paper) |