African Renaissance
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African Renaissance

New Forms, Old Images in Yoruba Art

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African Renaissance

New Forms, Old Images in Yoruba Art

About this book

African Renaissance: New Forms, Old Images in Yoruba Art describes, analyzes, and interprets the historical and cultural contexts of an African art renaissance using the twentieth- and twenty-first-century transformation of ancient Yoruba artistic heritage. Juxtaposing ancient and contemporary Yoruba art, Moyo Okediji defines this art history through the lens of colonialism, an experience that served to both destroy ancient art traditions and revive Yoruba art in the twentieth century.
With vivid reproductions of paintings, prints, and drawings, Okediji describes how Yoruba art has replenished and redefined itself. Okediji groups the text into several broadly overlapping periods that intricately detail the journey of Yoruba art and artists: first through oppression by European colonialism, then the attainment of Nigeria's independence and the new nation's subsequent military coup, and ending with present-day native Yoruban artists fleeing their homeland.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. Introduction
  4. 1. Lost and Found: Excavation of Ancient Yoruba Artistic Traditions
  5. 2. Imposition Period: Suppression of Ancient Artistic Traditions (1900–1945)
  6. 3. Opposition Period: Revival of Ancient Customs and Traditions (1945–1960)
  7. 4. Exposition Period: Revision of Ancient Artistic Traditions (1960–1990)
  8. 5. Emigration Period: Relocation of African Artists (1990–present)
  9. 6. Transatlantic Renaissance: Reclamation, Retention, and Returning From Diaspora
  10. Conclusion
  11. Catalog
  12. Notes
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index