ArtSite
Africa
An online guide to the art of Africa. A searchable database of
African art resources, including blogs, artists, museums, exhibits, events,
sculpture and crafts.
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Events and festivals
The
Short Century
An interdisciplinary exhibition linking historical documents
with modernist and contemporary artistic standpoints, and confronts the
creations of colonial and anti-colonial propaganda. Berlin and Munich.
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Mji
wa Huruma village, Nairobi, Kenya:
the first slum on the internet! Hamjambo!
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Index
on Africa
A comprehensive guide, searchable by country and subject.
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ArtSite
Africa
An online guide to the art of Africa. A searchable database of
African art resources, including blogs, artists, museums, exhibits, events,
sculpture and crafts.
.
The
Short Century
An interdisciplinary exhibition linking historical documents
with modernist and contemporary artistic standpoints, and confronts the
creations of colonial and anti-colonial propaganda. Berlin and Munich.
.
Mji
wa Huruma village, Nairobi, Kenya:
the first slum on the internet! Hamjambo!
.
Index
on Africa
A comprehensive guide, searchable by country and subject.
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Adrinka
symbols and meanings.
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African
Art Museum
On-line reference to the artistic styles of Africa. A collection
of African tribal art featuring over 1,200 artifacts from 100 ethnic groups.
Items on display include wooden and bronze statues, masks, religious, ritual
and domestic objects, furniture and weapons.
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The
Africa Centre
Africa in the Heart of London. Text and images, dance and
music.
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Africa
Colours. Guide to contemporary African art.
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The
African Books Collective
African Books Collective, founded, owned and
governed by African publishers, seeks to strengthen indigenous African
publishing through collective action and to increase the visibility and
accessibility of the wealth of African scholarship and culture.

Algeria
Directory
of Algerian arts and entertainment websites.
from The Open Directory Project.
Angola
Angola.
Angola Today. News and events.
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Music
in Abgola. Artists and bands.
Afromix.com
Art
and Africa online. Tamarin
Links to African art web sites,
online African art gallery, contemporary African art.
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Art history
Art
and Life in Africa Project
African art and culture. Information for 27
Sub-Saharan African Countries. From the University of Iowa.
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Arte
Africana
A scholarly Italian portal for African arts. Sculture, eventi,
collezione.
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Art and crafts directories, portals, organisations
African-American
Art on the Internet. A web directory.
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African-Metroplis
Specializing
in art and other African heritage web sites.
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African
Art on the Internet
A general web index from Stanford University.
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African
visual arts.
A collection of art links, databases, museums, art history,
artists, galleries, publications.
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Art
and Africa online. Tamarin
Links to African art web sites,
online African art gallery, contemporary African art.
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Art
and Life in Africa Project
African art and culture. Information for 27
Sub-Saharan African Countries. From the University of Iowa.
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Arte
Africana
A scholarly Italian portal for African arts. Sculture, eventi,
collezione.
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Arts Council of the African Studies Association, ACASA
Established in 1982 as an independent non-profit professional
association affiliated with the African Studies Association (ASA).
On-line newsletter, awards and past recipients, etc.
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Art Track
This auction aatabase
offers by subscription, the auction records of African, Pre-Columbian,
American Indian, and Oceanic art sold since 1980.
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Folk
Art from Africa
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International Council of African Museums: AFRICOM
News and newsletter, activities, events gallery, resources and directory of museums in Africa. [English, French]
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Museums Online South Africa
Museums Online South Africa (MOSA)™ is an established heritage portal recognised both nationally and internationally.
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National
Museum of African Art
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Skoto
Gallery, New York.
Skoto Gallery was established in 1992 as a space where
some of the best works by African artists can be exhibited within the context
of a diverse and totalized audience. As one of the first galleries specializing
in contemporary African Art in New York City, it has been instrumental
in the progression of this rapidly growing field.
African Art and Educational Links for Projects
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Artslink
South
Africa art news, reviews, art guide, chat and discussion.
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Ashanti
B
Bearden.
Romare. Romare Bearden
The Romare Bearden Foundation
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Blogs
Here is a blog about contemporary art on and off the continent of Africa.
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Articles about African art.
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An art collecting resource for art collectors. African Art Blogs and Online News ...
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Cameroons
Musa
Heritage Gallery (Mus'Art Gallery)
A museum with focus on the Arts and
Crafts of Cameroon's Western Grassfields.
Ceramics
Ceramics
from Africa
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Mukondeni,
Arts and Crafts Gallery.
Venda and Shangan art (potters, sculptures, musical
instruments) with artist profiles.
Congo .
Republique du Congo
A
New Vision for the Congo
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Art
of Congo. Congo Pages. Malachite and Copper artists.
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The
Congo Pages. An Introductionto Congolese Life and Culture.
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History
of the Demorcatic Republic of Congo
Contemporary African
art
Africancolours.net
Guide to contemporary African art. Zimbabwe
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Africancolours.net
Guide to Contemporary African art. South Africa
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Africancolors.net
Guide to international African artists.
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Africancrafts.net
Guide to Contemporary African art. Gabon
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African Contemporary Fine Arts (AFRUM)
Artists, galleries and projects.
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African Contemporary
Online gallery featuring contemporary African paintings, sculptures and ceramics.
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Contemporary African Art Collection, CAACART
Collection
of Jean Pigozzi. Artist biographies, images
of their works, list of exhibitions, news reviews.
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Dak'Art, La Biennale
de l'Art Africain Contemporain
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Osman
Art. Merka Art Gallery
Paintings by Mohamed Buwe Osman, a native of Merka
Somalia.
Crafts See also: Above
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David Krut Fine Arts, London, Promotor
of African art.
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Department
of Arts and Culture, South Africa.
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Directories
Africa
arts and entertainment web directory,
The Open Directory Project
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Ethiopa
Addis
Art
.
Directory
of arts and entertainment websites from The Open Directory Project.
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Afewerk, Tekle
Ethiopia’s leading artist. Biography, paintings,
sculptures, mosaics, murals.
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MESKOT
literary page.
Ethnologue
Languages
of Africa and the world.
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Events
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Fundação
Calouste Gulbenkian. Artafrica
Artists from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea
Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome e Principe and those resident in South Africa.
Bbiographical information, a list of exhibitions, awards, examples of the
artists' work. Based in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Galleries
Ghana
Ashanti, Wikipedia entry.
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Ashanti.com.au
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Culture
and heritage of Ghana. Heritage Access
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Navrongo
and Lawra - life in a small African village.Work, music, dance.
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Images
Index
on Africa
A comprehensive guide, searchable by country and subject.
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Kenya
African
Colours.net. Contemporary art.
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ArtMatters.Info
A Nairobi-based arts, culture, communications and media firm.
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Kenya
art web index.
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Kenya
art and crafts online gallery.
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Nairobi
African-Art-Connection.com
National
Museums of Kenya
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Links
to African art web resources.
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Linocuts
Muafangejo,
John. John Muafangejo Trust
The official web site for both the works
of the international linocut artist John Muafangejo.
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Makonde, East
Africa
The
Hamburg Mawingu Collection
is a collection of modern Makonde art. In addition
to sculptures of select wood carvers the fund contains numerous masks and
paintings.
Mali. Republic
of Mali. République du Mali
Contemporary
art from Mali. Malian artists.
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Mali
internet resources.
Musée
National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, France.
Museums in Africa
The British Museum's African art collection.
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International Council of African Museums: AFRICOM
News and newsletter, activities, events gallery, resources and directory of museums in Africa. [English, French]
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's African art collection,
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Musée
National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, France.
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Museums Online South Africa
Museums Online South Africa (MOSA)™ is an established heritage portal recognised both nationally and internationally.
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Museum of African Art, Belgrade.
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Natal Museum
South Africa
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National
Museum of African Art
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North
American African art and history museums.
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Royal Museum for Central
Africa
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Stanford University webpage directory for African art museums and African art websites.
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Namibia
National Art Gallery of Namibia
Collections of Namibian and African as well as
European Art. Regular exhibitions from the permanent collection and
temporary shows.
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The Bushman Art Gallery
National
Museum of African Art
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News
feeds. All Africa.com
News from African states,
from Algeria and Angola to Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Nigeria
Nigeria:
an arts overview. Mask sculpture, Yoruba.
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Nike
Centre for Art and Culture, Nigeria.
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G. I. Jones Photographic Archive of Southeastern Nigerian Art and Culture
This
site is a research resource. It was designed to
make these photographs available to people who have a
personal or professional interest in the art of Southeastern Nigeria.
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Yoruba
Art and Akan Goldweights, Cutting to the Essence, Shaping for the Fire
On-line catalogue of an exhibit of Yoruba art and Akan goldweights held
at the Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Illinois in 1994.
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Yoruba Potters:
Mothers and Daughters
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Revue
Noire
Contemporary art magazine for the African diaspora.
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