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[https://www.britannica.com/art/African-art/Sculpture-and-associated-arts by Frank Willett Britannica]

Although wood is the best-known medium of African sculpture, many others are employed: copper alloys, iron, ivory, pottery, unfired clay, and, infrequently, stone. Unfired clay is—and probably always was—the most widely used medium in the whole continent, but, partly because it is so fragile and therefore difficult to collect, it has been largely ignored in the literature. Small figurines of fired clay were excavated in a mound at Daima near Lake Chad in levels dating from the 5th century bce or earlier, while others were found in Zimbabwe in deposits of the later part of the 1st millennium CE.

=====Before the Renaissance: African Art in the Age of Antiquity=====

[https://www.monroeblackheritagemuseum.org/blog/african-art-in-antiquity by Art & Heritage]

Long before the first brushstroke of a Raphael or da Vinci, African artists were casting bronze, carving stone, and shaping spiritual and social life through forms of astonishing power and sophistication. While many museums and textbooks still trace the origins of “high art” to the European Renaissance, the truth is far older, more global—and far more African.

=====Unit 1: African art, an introduction=====

[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa/african-art-introduction by Khan Academy]

Historical overviews of the art of Africa

=====African art before and after colonialism=====

[https://lasujoh.org.ng/storage/articles/O18N5237xNeTqRW5mlRZ71vR0QyvObQvcsXAl3Zh.pdf]

Africa is a vast continent of diverse cultures that manifest in everything they

do, and such cultural manifestations can be observed in their art, marriage,

kinship, law, among others. Based on this, this essay dwelt on African art, and

it was examined in two epochal periods, viz; before the advent of colonialism,

and after colonialism (during colonialism inclusive). Qualitative research

design was adopted for the study, using historical and descriptive approaches

=====Early African Art=====

[https://www.pinterest.com/garnerkristen/early-african-art/ by

Kristen Garner Pinterest]

=====History of African Art from Ancient Traditions to Modern Expression=====

[https://www.tilmagazine.com.ng/2025/05/history-of-african-art-from-ancient.html by TIL MAGAZINE 20/5/25]

African art history is one of the richest and most diverse visual traditions in the world, deeply embedded in the cultural, spiritual, and social fabric of the continent. The evolution of African art—from ancient carvings to modern installations—reflects a profound journey shaped by tradition, colonial disruption, and global recognition. From prehistoric rock paintings in Algeria’s Tassili n’Ajjer and South Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains, African artists have always used visual expression to document their world, celebrate rituals, and communicate with the spiritual realm. These early forms of traditional African art were far more than decorative, they were essential to survival, storytelling, and belief systems.

=====Unpacking Medieval African Art’s Profound Global Legacy=====

[https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-unpacking-medieval-african-arts-profound-global-legacy by Niama Safia Sandy 21/1/19 Art]

In popular discourse, the arts of Africa are positioned as having been discovered, interpolated, and folded into major Western art movements for the first time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The rise of modern art was concurrent with the “Scramble for Africa,” which officially began at the Berlin Conference in 1884, when European powerheads divided and claimed ownership over the majority of the nearly 12 million square miles that comprise the continent.

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 [https://www.britannica.com/art/African-art/Sculpture-and-associated-arts by Frank Willett Britannica]
   Although wood is the best-known medium of African sculpture, many others are employed: copper alloys, iron, ivory, pottery, unfired clay, and, infrequently, stone. Unfired clay is—and probably always was—the most widely used medium in the whole continent, but, partly because it is so fragile and therefore difficult to collect, it has been largely ignored in the literature. Small figurines of fired clay were excavated in a mound at Daima near Lake Chad in levels dating from the 5th century bce or earlier, while others were found in Zimbabwe in deposits of the later part of the 1st millennium CE.
+=====Before the Renaissance: African Art in the Age of Antiquity=====
+[https://www.monroeblackheritagemuseum.org/blog/african-art-in-antiquity by Art & Heritage]
+ Long before the first brushstroke of a Raphael or da Vinci, African artists were casting bronze, carving stone, and shaping spiritual and social life through forms of astonishing power and sophistication. While many museums and textbooks still trace the origins of “high art” to the European Renaissance, the truth is far older, more global—and far more African.
+=====Unit 1: African art, an introduction=====
+[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa/african-art-introduction by Khan Academy]
+ Historical overviews of the art of Africa
+=====African art before and after colonialism=====
+[https://lasujoh.org.ng/storage/articles/O18N5237xNeTqRW5mlRZ71vR0QyvObQvcsXAl3Zh.pdf]
+ Africa is a vast continent of diverse cultures that manifest in everything they
+do, and such cultural manifestations can be observed in their art, marriage,
+kinship, law, among others. Based on this, this essay dwelt on African art, and
+it was examined in two epochal periods, viz; before the advent of colonialism,
+and after colonialism (during colonialism inclusive). Qualitative research
+design was adopted for the study, using historical and descriptive approaches
+=====Early African Art=====
+[https://www.pinterest.com/garnerkristen/early-african-art/ by
+Kristen Garner Pinterest]
+=====History of African Art from Ancient Traditions to Modern Expression=====
+[https://www.tilmagazine.com.ng/2025/05/history-of-african-art-from-ancient.html by TIL MAGAZINE 20/5/25]
+ African art history is one of the richest and most diverse visual traditions in the world, deeply embedded in the cultural, spiritual, and social fabric of the continent. The evolution of African art—from ancient carvings to modern installations—reflects a profound journey shaped by tradition, colonial disruption, and global recognition. From prehistoric rock paintings in Algeria’s Tassili n’Ajjer and South Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains, African artists have always used visual expression to document their world, celebrate rituals, and communicate with the spiritual realm. These early forms of traditional African art were far more than decorative, they were essential to survival, storytelling, and belief systems.
+=====Unpacking Medieval African Art’s Profound Global Legacy=====
+[https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-unpacking-medieval-african-arts-profound-global-legacy by Niama Safia Sandy 21/1/19 Art]
+ In popular discourse, the arts of Africa are positioned as having been discovered, interpolated, and folded into major Western art movements for the first time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The rise of modern art was concurrent with the “Scramble for Africa,” which officially began at the Berlin Conference in 1884, when European powerheads divided and claimed ownership over the majority of the nearly 12 million square miles that comprise the continent.