African Art and more (Culture, museums, historical places, painted or architectural art, etc)

First: Western African Art • Abuja, Nigeria: Population 3.46 million (metro)

Textiles (modern- rugs, shirts, cloth items)

Copper/Bronze works of art

displayed in glass cases. They were made for a variety of purposes, mainly religious and social.

• Bamileke people, Cameroon

• Throne of Chief Ne’re on his throne * Made of wood, cloth, beads, shells * It is life-size

  Art- Akan people, Ghana Title- Akua’ba; made of wood, beads, shells

  Pendant mask; Baule people, Cote D’voire; Made of gold

  Kota people, Gabon; Guardian figure made of wood, copper and brass; This would be placed in a small box or similar with bones or ashes of family members

  Modern Art (Abuja Art Museum)

Videos of the region • Take notes on the videos. • What are cities and villages like in Western Africa. • Youtube: Abuja; Timbuktu; • Art of the region: Abuja, Timbuktu, Senegal (country) • What type of art is your favorite in this region? Research a city or town and locate it and list it by looking at museums and other artistic endeavors.

Northern Africa: (Egypt, Algeria) Cairo, Egypt: Population 9.54 million (metro)

Videos on Alexandria, Egypt and a village in Libya • Youtube.com: Alexandria travel • Village life in Libya

Ancient Egypt

The Afterlife

Architecture

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Jewelry

Wall art

Nike Art Gallery (modern art)

Nike Art Gallery cont’d

Central Africa (Cameroon, Chad, DR Congo) N’Djamena, population 1.6 million

Another major city: Kinshasa, DR Congo

National Museum of Yaounde (Yaounde, Cameroon)

N’Djamena cultural site

Videos on culture for the below cities • Take notes: • Laounde (all alone in Cameroon) • N’Djamena • How is life in Angola village

• Major countries: • Kenya • Ethiopia • Somalia Eastern Africa

Museums in Kenya • Nairobi Gallery Artifacts plus modern art

Shanghai Old City in Mogadishu, Somalia

Fasil Ghebbi- remains of old Emperor’s fortress (Ethiopia)

Major cities/villages videos • Mogadishu • Nairobi • Villages in Tanzania

• South Africa • Namibia • Botswana Southern Africa

Namibia- art and culture • Kolmanskop (ghost town) • National Museum of Namibia

Namibia’s capital city- Windhoek

South Africa (the country with 3 capital cities) • Johannesburg (biggest city) • Major museums such as the Apartheid Museum (how segregation affected the country not many years ago)

Johannesburg

Botswana- the capital city is Gaborone

Museums/cultural sites in Botswana • Kuru Art Project (San artists in the Kalahari Desert)

In Serowe- Khama III Memorial Museum • Khama III Memorial Museum • About the Ba-ma-Ngwato history