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Ghana’s Glass Beadmaking

Ghana’s Glass Beadmaking Arts in Transcultural Dialogues Suzanne Gott photos by the author except where otherwise noted l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . / f e d u a a r / art –

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Looking for Africa in

Looking for Africa in Carl Einstein’s Negerplastik Z.S. Strother all photos by the author except where otherwise noted l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . F / e d u a a r / art

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The King is a Woman

The King is a Woman Shaping Power in Luba Royal Arts Mary Nooter Roberts all photos courtesy the r oyal MuseuM for c entral africa, tervuren, except where otherwise noted l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . F / e

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Producing Africa at

Producing Africa at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Helen A. Regis l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . / f e d u a a r / art – p d l f

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Gender and South African Art

Gender and South African Art Zanele Muholi’s Elements of Survival Raél Jero Salley l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . / f e d u a a r / art – p d l f

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A “Harley Mask” at the

A “Harley Mask” at the Cleveland Museum of Art More on Masks among the Mano and Dan Peoples (Liberia/Côte d’Ivoire) Constantine Petridis In Memoriam Elze Bruyninx (1944–2011) l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . / f e d u a

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hybrid heritage

hybrid heritage Shining Lights: Self-fashioning in the Lantern Festival of Saint Louis, Senegal Ferdinand de Jong Photography: Judith Quax 1 Jewelry store La Signare on the tourist track in Saint Louis. 38 | arts africains HIVER 2009 The Senegalese city of Saint Louis celebrates its lantern festival or Fanal, as it is usually called, on an annual basis. During several days of the Christmas holiday,

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A Masterwork that Sheds Tears

A Masterwork that Sheds Tears … and Light A Complementary Study of a Fang Ancestral Head Roland Kaehr and Louis Perrois with Marc Ghysels translated by Rachel Pearlman l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . F / e d u

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“Come and Try”

“Come and Try” Towards a History of Fante Military Shrines Doran H. Ross “Come and Try” is a familiar and ConfidanT Challenge among The fanTe asafo To TesT The prowess of Their rivals. “Towards a hisTory” is perhaps an equally familiar, buT CerTainly less ConfidenT form of engagemenT among aCademiCs. one is bravado, The oTher is prevariCa- Tion.1 The photo montage that concludes this article

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African Wave

African Wave Specificity and Cosmopolitanism in African Comics Massimo Repetti l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . F / e d u a a r / art – p d l f / / /

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Ceramic Arts in Africa

Ceramic Arts in Africa It has been nearly two decades since African Arts published the special issue on African ceramic arts edited by Marla Berns (1989, vol. 22, Non. 2). Since then, there has been note- worthy collaborative research on ceramics in particular regions, a number of important localized studies by indi- vidual scholars, and several widely distributed catalogues published in conjunction with major exhibitions

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Social Capital and Innovation in East Asia

Social Capital and Innovation in East Asia Seo-Young Cho∗ This paper investigates the relationship between social capital and innovation in high-performing East Asian economies. Rapid economic growth and innovation in these economies contradicts the presumed positive link between social trust and innovation suggested in the literature, as these economies are often characterized as low-trust societies. The results of the multilevel analyses conducted in this paper

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