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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.
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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An interdisciplinary exhibition linking historical documents with modernist and contemporary artistic standpoints, and confronts the creations of colonial and anti-colonial propaganda.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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Novica

Silver, Pearl & Unique Handmade Jewelry at Novica.com

By working directly with artists through our regional sourcing offices, NOVICA is able to skip a few links in the traditional supply chain.
NOVICA Golden Rule #1:
Artisans make more with NOVICA than through traditional channels.

We want to give artists and artisans around the world a global platform to express their true artistic talents and to spur their creativity.

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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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An interdisciplinary exhibition linking historical documents with modernist and contemporary artistic standpoints, and confronts the creations of colonial and anti-colonial propaganda.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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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.

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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

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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

Crafts. African crafts and craftspeople. Africacrafts.com
A web site dedicated to bringing the arts and the artisans of Africa online. Online shops, craftspeople, artists, designers.
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Ezakwantu
Central and Southern African Tribal Art

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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
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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

Galerie Walu, Switzerland.
Specialist gallery of African art. Selected images from present and past exhibitions.
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Ezakwantu
Central and Southern African Tribal Art

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.

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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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