Art and Culture in Contemporary Africa

1. Art and Culture in Contemporary Africa

2. Burkina Fasowww.worldatlas.com/webimage/countries/africa/bf.htm

3. Mossi tribe of Burkina Faso • Tribe of over 3 million people • Largest in Burkina Faso • Gained independence from French in 1960. • Only tribe of inland west Africa to have a centralized government www.zyama.com/mossi/pics.htm www.sodemartsheel.com/burkinafasoimage1_painted_houses.htm

4. Introducing girls to Mossi art • The Bigga Doll www.zyama.com/mossi/pics..htm

5. The role of masks • Masks are used to honor the spirits of nature www.zyama.com/mossi/A349mossi.jpg www.zyama.com/mossi/S2M9M562.jpg

6. Bwa tribe of Burkina Faso • From central Burkina Faso • www.ethnix.com/Masks/CATEGORY/Plank/bobobwa/05.html

7. Bwa masks • Masks are used in ceremonies to represent spirits of ancestors and the connections between humans and animals store1.yimg.com/I/art98_1814_72964437

8. Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria • Over ten million people in the Yoruba tribe • They are from Nigeria www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/ng.htm

9. The Roll of Masks • Used to connect with the spiritual world • www.rebirth.co.za/images/Yoruba_mask_EBR_2325.jpg

10. ERE IBEJI • Represents a twin child that has passed away www.randafricanart.com/images/charm_1_.jpg www.randafricanart.com/images/twins2_1_.jpg

11. Mende tribe www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/sl.htm

12. Nowo Mask • Used in ceremony of a young girls transition into a women • gallery.sjsu.edu/exhibits/african/africaexhibit/imageswitharrows/mendemask.html

13. References Yoruba Tribe • http://www.rebirth.co.za/yoruba_mask_history_meaning.htm • http://www.randafricanart.com/Yoruba_Ibeji.html Mende Tribe • www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Mende.html • gallery.sjsu.edu/exhibits/african/africaexhibit/imageswitharrows/mendemask.html Books • Art History (second edition) 2005, Peterson Education, Inc., • Africa the Art of a Continent, Time Warner & Warner Brothers

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