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Vivre ! Photographies de la résilience
Téléchargez le e-book gratuit de la Fondation Dapper, consacré à l'exposition «Vivre ! Photographies de la résilience » présentée sur l'île de Gorée (Sénégal) du 29 mars au 31 mai 2019.Conformément à sa volonté de faire connaitre de nouveaux talents, la Fondation Dapper lançait en septembre 2018 un appel à candidatures ouvert à tous sur le thème « Contre vents et marées » proposé dans le cadre de la 12e édition de la manifestation « Gorée – Regards sur Cours ». 15 photographes pour certains exposés pour la première fois, vivant en Afrique, en Europe, dans la Caraïbe ou l’océan Indien – Christian Barbé, Karim Barka, Philippe Gaubert, Moussa Kalapo, Fotot...
African Art
With examples from every region of the continent, "African Art" demonstrates the wide variety of creative design and describes the social and religious background for each piece.
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Eternal Ancestors
"Many masterpieces of central African sculpture were created to amplify the power of sacred relics that affirm a family's vital connection to its ancestral heritage. This important volume, focusing on some 130 works representing a diverse variety of regional genres, illuminates the purpose and significance of these icons of African art, which first came to prominence because of their appeal to the Western avant-garde. While providing an overview of sources ranging from colonial explorers, missionaries, critics, artists, and art historians, the book breaks new ground in its examination of the complex aesthetic and spiritual dimensions of the reliquaries. Its interdisciplinary approach brings together the perspectives of scholars in African and medieval art history along with those in African history, religion, and ethnography." -- Publisher.
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The Art of Conversion
Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo
The Afro-Descendant Woman in Latin American Diasporic Visual Art
By studying multiple cultural expressions of Blackness throughout different regions of the Americas, the chapters of this book consider the relationship that social and historical processes such as sovereignty and colonialism have on cultural productions made by and about Black Latin American women. Rosita Scerbo analyzes a range of power dynamics as represented in different artistic media of the Afro-Latin/x American community, including photography, muralism, performance, paintings, and digital art. The book acknowledges that racial and gender equity cannot exist without Intersectionality and that is why the entirety of the chapters focus on cultural and visual productions exclusively crea...
African Folklore
Written by an international team of experts, this is the first work of its kind to offer comprehensive coverage of folklore throughout the African continent. Over 300 entries provide in-depth examinations of individual African countries, ethnic groups, religious practices, artistic genres, and numerous other concepts related to folklore. Featuring original field photographs, a comprehensive index, and thorough cross-references, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource for any library's folklore or African studies collection. Also includes seven maps.
