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Tag Archives: Africa
15th Century: Portrait
Bronze portrait: Nigeria, 15th Century; photo from this post on Where’s Malko.
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17th Century: Satan
Zämänfäs Qeddus: How Satan came (again) looking like four women and St. Michael trod on him; a page from the late 17th century Gondar Homiliary. This Homiliary was created in Gondar, Ethiopia, during a period of artistic flowering in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Africa, Angels, Art, Books, Christianity, Ethiopia, Religion, Satan, Zämänfäs Qeddus
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1972: Boycott Gulf
An anti-colonialist poster from the early 1970’s produced by the Pan-African Liberation Committee in Brookline, Massachusetts: “There are but two sides in a war—she fights on the side of African freedom – Gulf finances the other.” At the time, Angola … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Africa, Angola, Capitalism, Colonialism, Photography, Women
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1976: In the Heart of Civilization
Jungle Action Vol. 2, #19 (January, 1976) Cover Artists: Gil Kane, Dan Adkins, & Irv Watanabe
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Africa, African-Americans, Art, Black Panther, Comics, Dan Adkins, Gil Kane, Irv Watanabe, USA
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2009: Looking at Art; Looking at Africa; Looking at Art
Alex Mawimbi (formerly Ato Malinda): Looking at Art; Looking at Africa; Looking at Art (2009); “for the length of one hour, the performer crawls from one lying position on mangled concrete, to a standing position at a pile of soil. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Africa, Alex Mawimbi, Art, Ato Malinda, Gilles Deleuze, Kenya, Netherlands, Performance Art, Women
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2014: Interwoven with Others
In a 2014 study, Tanya Luhrmann found that when people hear voices in their heads, the personae and tone of those voices are shaped by culture; in the United States, the voices are threatening and severe, but in Africa and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Art, Ataa Oko, Culture, Drawing, Ghana, India, Mental Health, Religion, Science, Tanya Luhrmann
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11th Century: Map of the World
This world map is from a 12th or 13th century copy of an anonymous 11th century Egyptian cosmology entitled The Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes. The book includes diagrams of celestial bodies as well … Continue reading
