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African Art (sub-Saharan)

All titles added within the past twelve months. For a list of book titles in this category 1998 to the present, click here.


Berns, Marla C., Richard Fardon, and Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, eds. Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2012. 608 pp.; 485 color ills.; 183 b/w ills. Paper $75.00 (9780977834457)

Carman, Jillian, Lize van Robbroeck, Mario Pissarra, Thembinkosi Goniwe, and Mandisi Majavu, eds. Visual Century: South African Art in Context, 1907-2007. Volumes 1-4 Wits, South Africa: Wits University Press, 2012. 950 pp.; Many color ills. Paper (9781868145478)

Cooney, Lynne. South Africa: Artists, Prints, Community: Twenty-five Years at the Caversham Press. Exh. cat. Boston and Balgowan, South Africa: Boston University School of Visual Arts and Caversham Centre for Artists and Writers, 2011. 100 pp.; 59 color ills. Paper $25.00 (0977720136)

Cossa, Egidio, and Guido Schlinkert. IbridAAfrica. Exh. cat. Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2006. 144 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $20.00 (9788849202687)

Doris, David T. Vigilant Things: On Thieves, Yoruba Anti-Aesthetics, and the Strange Fates of Ordinary Objects in Nigeria. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011. 400 pp.; 77 color ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780295990736)

LaGamma, Alisa. Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011. 312 pp.; 232 color ills.; 70 b/w ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780300175844)

Probst, Peter. Osogbo and the Art of Heritage: Monuments, Deities, and Money. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2012. 224 pp.; 13 color ills.; 27 b/w ills. Paper $24.95 (9780253222954)

Subiros, Pep, ed. Jane Alexander: Surveys (from the Cape of Good Hope). Exh. cat. New York: Musuem for African Art, 2011. 192 pp.; 103 color ills.; 74 b/w ills. Paper $45.00 (9780945802570)

Wiehager, Renate, ed. Ampersand: A Dialogue Between Contemporary Art from South Africa and the Daimler Art Collection. Exh. cat. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2011. 128 pp.; 164 color ills.; 23 b/w ills. Paper $34.95 (9783777428017)

Williamson, Sue. Resistance Art in South Africa. Cape Town: Double Storey Books, 2011. 160 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $35.82 (9781919930695)