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Selected Readings
African Art, Central Africa
Ana Nzinga: Queen of Ndongo
Bamana Ségou State
Dona Beatriz: Kongo Prophet
Fulani/Fulbe People
Fulani/Fulbe People and their Art
Ghana Empire, The Empires of the Western Sudan
Inland Niger Delta
Kuba Kingdom of the Savanna
Luba and Lunda Empires: Kingdoms of the Savanna
Mali Empire, The Empires of the Western Sudan
Portraits of African Leadership
Portraits of African Leadership: Living Rulers
Portraits of African Leadership: Memorials
Portraits of African Leadership: Royal Ancestors
Recording African History, Ways of
Rock Art, African, Central Zone
Rock Art, African, Northern Zone
Savanna Kingdoms: Overview
Signs and Patterns in North African Art
Songhai Empire, The Empires of the Western Sudan
Tassili-n-Ajjer (?8000 B.C.?)
Trade and the Spread of Islam in Africa
Trade Relations among European and African Nations
Trade, Trans-Saharan Gold (7th14th cen.)
Trade, Transatlantic Slave
Western Sudan, Empires: Overview
Women of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Century, Political African
African Art, Eastern Africa
Aksum: Monumental Stelae (3rd4th century A.D.)
Christianity in Ethiopia, African
Kuba Kingdom of the Savanna
Luba and Lunda Empires: Kingdoms of the Savanna
Portraits of African Leadership: Living Rulers
Portraits of African Leadership: Memorials
Portraits of African Leadership: Royal Ancestors
Recording African History, Ways of
Savanna Kingdoms: Overview
Trade and the Spread of Islam in Africa
Trade Relations among European and African Nations
African Art, Guinea Coast
Asante Kingdom, Gold in Courtly Arts
Asante Kingdom, Royal Funerary Arts
Asante Kingdom, Textile Arts
Asante Kingdom: Overview
Benin Chronology
Benin, Owo, and Ijebu Kingdoms, Art and Ideas
Benin, Owo, and Ijebu Kingdoms, Origins and Empire
Christianity in Kongo, African
Idia: The First Queen Mother of Benin
Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.)
Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.): Pre-Pavement and Pavement
Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.): Terracottas
Igbo-Ukwu (ca. 9th century A.D.)
Iron in West Africa, Age of
Ivories, Afro-Portuguese
Lost-Wax Casting, African: Bronze, Copper, Brass
Lost-Wax Casting, African: Overview
Lost-Wax Casting, African: Tada Figure
Nok Terracottas (500 B.C.200 A.D.)
Portraits of African Leadership
Portraits of African Leadership: Living Rulers
Portraits of African Leadership: Memorials
Portraits of African Leadership: Royal Ancestors
Portuguese in Africa (14151600)
Recording African History, Ways of
Rock Art, African, Northern Zone
Trade Relations among European and African Nations
Trade, Transatlantic Slave
Women of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Century, Political African
African Art, Southern Africa
Coldstream Stone
Game Pass
Great Zimbabwe (11th15th century)
Lydenburg Heads (ca. 500 A.D.)
Malagasy Funerary Arts of Kingdoms of Madagascar
Malagasy Textile Arts of Kingdoms of Madagascar
Mapungubwe (ca. 10501270)
Meroserana and Merina Kingdoms of Madagascar
Nomansland, Arts of the San People
Portraits of African Leadership: Memorials
Recording African History, Ways of
Rock Art, African
Rock Art, African, Southern Zone
Rock Art: Apollo 11 and Wonderwerk
Trade and the Spread of Islam in Africa
Trade Relations among European and African Nations
African Art, Western and Central Sudan
Bamana Ségou State
Fulani/Fulbe People
Fulani/Fulbe People and their Art
Ghana Empire, The Empires of the Western Sudan
Inland Niger Delta
Mali Empire, The Empires of the Western Sudan
Recording African History, Ways of
Rock Art, African, Northern Zone
Signs and Patterns in North African Art
Songhai Empire, The Empires of the Western Sudan
Tassili-n-Ajjer (?8000 B.C.?)
Trade and the Spread of Islam in Africa
Trade, Trans-Saharan Gold (7th14th cen.)
Western Sudan, Empires: Overview
Women of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Century, Political African
African Art, Archaeology and Rock Art
Aksum: Monumental Stelae (3rd4th century A.D.)
Coldstream Stone
Game Pass
Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.)
Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.): Pre-Pavement and Pavement
Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.): Terracottas
Inland Niger Delta
Nomansland, Arts of the San People
Rock Art, African
Rock Art, African, Central Zone
Rock Art, African, Northern Zone
Rock Art, African, Southern Zone
Rock Art: Apollo 11 and Wonderwerk
San Ethnography
Tassili-n-Ajjer (?8000 B.C.?)
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