Regional Sites - Africa
Africa Focus: Image and Sound Collection
This online collection is maintained by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Completed in March 2000, the collection contains more than 3,000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sound from forty-five countries.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/AfricaFocus/subcollections/FocusAbout.shtml
African Art
Overview of ancestral Bushman rock art and traditional and contemporary African art with photos and maps.
African Art, On and Off the Walls
An online exhibition Middlebury College accompanied by substantial text.
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
An electronic art exhibit from the Bayly Art Museum at the University of Virginia with excellent images accompanied by extensive descriptions explaining their cultural and religious significance.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html
African Heritage Architecture
The mission of African Heritage Architecture is to re-establish architectural tradition of West Africa. The photographs, which were taken by Paul Taylor, show examples of indigenous architecture both buildings and details,
African Legacy: Recording Africa’s Visible Archaeology
By Dr. Patrick Darling at Bournemouth University, UK. Provides photos and descriptions of projects.
African Sculpture
Images of African sculpture from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Sculpture/menu_Sculpt.html
Afrika Museum
The Afrika Museum is an outdoor museum in the Netherlands. It aims to be a living museum concentrating on the religious aspects of Africa.
Art & Life in Africa
Contains information about African art and culture with images and searchable engine.
Art of the African Mask
An exhibition catalogue of the Bayly Art Museum at the University of Virginia with images accompanied by informative text.
Artnoire
Monthly exploration of the art of African America, Caribbean America, Afro-Latin America including Brazil and Polynesia. Links to artists, collectors, galleries, libraries, museums, exhibitions, publications, and a directory of national fine art.
Artsite Africa
An excellent online guide to the art of Africa. Over 800 permanent links leading to African art resources worldwide, including many images.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/browse.mac/category?selLang=English
Artthrob : Contemporary Art in South Africa
Offers information about contemporary art events throughout South Africa, updated weekly and presented by Artthrob. Lists events taking place in individual cities and contains reviews of art exhibitions.
Dogon-Lobi Photo Album
Photographic presentation of the Dogon country. Photo and text by Huib Blom.
Eternity of Forest: Paintings by Mbuti Women
Web site from the UC Berkeley Art Museum, which combines texts, images, and music.
Human Origins and Evolution in Africa
Links and class pages for Prehistoric Diet, Human Origins, African Prehistory, and Teaching Anthropology. Created by Jeanne Sept, Indiana University.
Passport to Paradise
Online exhibition of artworks, photographs and images of writings of the Mourides with introductory texts and portraits of featured artists. Based at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
World Wide Web Library of African Archaeology
Very useful Internet resources related to archaeological sub-regions of Africa.
Yoruba and Akan Work in Wood and Metal
Images of Yoruba and Akan work from the Lake View Museum, Peoria, Illinois
