African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity

by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir

Focusing on the theme of warriorhood, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir weaves a complex history of how colonial influence forever changed artistic practice, objects, and their meaning. Looking at two widely diverse cultures, the Idoma in Nigeria and the Samburu in Kenya, Kasfir makes a bold statement about the links between colonialism, the Europeans' image of Africans, Africans' changing self representation, and the impact of global trade on cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253219221
• ISBN13: 9780253219220
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"