Because Islam had such a profound effect on parts of
Africa, we will begin with a one-day survey of the middle-eastern
artistic heritage--before looking at Africa, itself.
BYZANTINE ART
Glass
Core-formed
Ribbon
Mosaic
Carved
Blown
Ravenna
Justinian
Theodora
Baptistry
Arrian heresy
Orthodox
Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul
Hagia Sophia
Anthemius of Tralles &
Isidore of Miletus
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
Cairo, Egypt
Mosque of Ibn Tulum
Mihrab
Minaret
Muezzin
Bilal
Bab el Futeh
Cordova, Spain
Moors
Averroes
Maimonides
Ziryab
Granada
Alhambra
Edirne, Turkey
Sinan
AFRICAN ART AND MUSIC
Traditional
West Africa
Nok c.500 BCE-200 CE
Ghana empire c.700-c.1200
Ife
Benin
1300-1500
Lost wax method
1500-1700
1700-1900
Bambara
Chi-Wara
Yoruba
Ibeji
Orisha
Santeria
Fon
East Africa
Nuba
Cicatrization
South Africa
Great Zimbabwe
Ndebele
Central Africa
Congo
Islamic
Swahili
Mali empire 1235-c.1400
Sundiata
Griot
Mansa Musa
Timbuctu
Ibn Battuta
Songhai empire 1464-c.1600
Askia
Senegal
Afro-Christian
Ethiopia
Amda Sion I 1314-44
Slavery
Sierra Leone
Gabon
Liberia
Oshogbo, Nigeria
Suzanne Wenger
Congo
Missa Luba
Ordinary of
the Mass
1. Kyrie Eleison
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus & Benedictus
5. Agnus Dei
IF WE HAVE EXTRA TIME
South Africa
Dingiswayo
Shaka--Zulu
Mzilikazi--Ndbele
Great Trek
Moshoeshoe--Lesotho
Boer War
Baden-Powell
Informative historical novels
Marsye Condé--Segu and The Children of Segu
Chinua Achebe--Things Fall Apart
Peter Abrahams--Wild Conquest