About African Art
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
African Innovations
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Slave on deck Photo Mugs In this image an enslaved African in chains stands on the deck of a ship holding a dagger in his hand as if about to kill himself. Although initialled on the back and dated 1801, the image first appeared as an engraving in the 1793 edition of Thomas Days anti-slavery poem The Dying Negro (1773). This is a strikingly unusual representation of an African for this period. In many depictions during th… |
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Dreamland: World Lullabies & Soothing Songs $9.72 If these truly gorgeous lullabies and songs from all over the world don’t soothe the savage beast within your child, nothing will. This hypnotic collection of soft and slow melodies–some ancient, some new–is perfect for lulling a child to sleep or for any evening when you want to escape into a warm bath with candles. Carlos Santana accompanies African singer Angelique Kidjo on the sweet opener, … |
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Talking Timbuktu $15.47 Talking Timbuktu is a groundbreaking record that vividly illustrates the Africa-Blues connection in real time. Ali Farka Toure, one of Mali’s leading singer-guitarists, has a trance-like, bluesy style that, although deeply rooted in Malian tradition, bears astonishing similarity to that of John Lee Hooker or even Canned Heat. It’s a mono-chordal vamp, with repetitive song lines cut with shards of … |
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Stormy Weather $7.19 STORMY WEATHER – DVD Movie… |
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African Healing Dance [VHS] $19.95 African Healing Dance, with lead dancer Wyoma and the dancers and drummers of the Damballa dance troupe, is a step-by-step dance course on healing traditions and spiritual movements that are special to the African dance heritage. An African proverb teaches, “If you can talk, you can sing, and if you can walk, you can dance.” Thus African Healing Dance is suited for beginning to advanced dancers, s… |
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Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance [VHS] $14.98 Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s was the scene of a passionate outburst of creativity by African-American visual artists. This documentary tells how black artists triumphed over the prejudice and segregation that kept their work out of mainstream galleries and exhibitions, and recalls the vibrancy of Harlem in the roaring twenties. You’ll view over 130 paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures, a… |
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Wallmonkeys Peel and Stick Wall Decals – African American Woman Surprised about Something. – Removable Graphic WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies. Our white fabric material is superior to vinyl decals. You can literally see and feel the difference. Our wall graphics apply in minutes and won’t damage your paint or l… |
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BABY…WALL SAYINGS WORDS BABY QUOTES LETTERING ART Wall sayings and designs are the latest trend in interior decorating and home decor. It is an easy and creative way to add personality and charm to Any Room! Vinyl Lettering is a creative way to transform any room into a stylish, unique space. By applying your favorite sayings directly to your walls you will create daily inspiration with a beautiful hand-painted look. The graphic is ready to apply… |
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Grandma’s Boy (Unrated Edition) $5.88 A thirty-something video game tester is forced to move in with his grandmother after being evicted from his apartment.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: UNRelease Date: 18-SEP-2007Media Type: DVD… |
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Our Idiot Brother $9.79 The ever-charming Paul Rudd leads an excellent cast in the formulaic comedy Our Idiot Brother. Naive and trusting Ned (Rudd), released from prison after selling pot to a uniformed policeman, is haplessly thrown upon the kindness of his three sisters (Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, and Zooey Deschanel). Naturally, Hollywood protocol dictates that each of them is messed up in their own special way… |
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Home to Harlem (Paperback) $13.02 The story of Jake Brown, an African American in Harlem. Jake meets Ray, a would-be writer whose rage and alienation teach Jake about life, and Felice, with whom he falls in love. |
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Eyeminded (Paperback) $20.2 A daughter of the poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka, Kellie Jones grew up immersed in a world of artists, musicians, and writers in Manhattan’s East Village, and absorbed in black nationalist ideas about art, politics, and social justice a… |
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El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa $29.92 Description not available. |
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African Legends, Myths, and Folktales for Readers Theatre $24.75 Fredericks, a veteran teacher and professional storyteller, presents readers theater scripts for grades 4-8 based on traditional African folklore, designed to stimulate children`s curiosity about other cultures and increase reading fluency. The plays a… |
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Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare (Hardcover) $38.16 In Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare, Leigh Raiford argues that over the past one hundred years activists in the black freedom struggle have used photographic imagery both to gain political recognition and to develop a different visual vocabulary about bl… |
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The Art Teacher`s Book of Lists (Paperback) $21.52 “A revised and updated edition of the best-selling resource for art teachers This time-tested book is written for teachers who need accurate and updated information about the world of art, artists, and art movements, including the arts of Africa, Asi… |
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Cultural Globalization and Music (Hardcover) $81.23 This book is about South-North, North-South relations between Africa and Europe, presenting the personal narratives of musicians in different locations across Africa and Europe, and those of the people who constitute their networks within the wide… |
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The Sons of Liberty 1 (Paperback) $11.96 Hiding the truth about their supernatural abilities in pre-Revolutionary America, runaway slaves Graham and Brody are encouraged by their mentor to make a difference using an African martial art, in a graphic novel that casts new light on the faces and… |
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The Sons of Liberty 1 (Hardcover) $18.24 Hiding the truth about their supernatural abilities in pre-Revolutionary America, runaway slaves Graham and Brody are encouraged by their mentor to make a difference using an African martial art, in a graphic novel that casts new light on the faces and… |
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A Gift from Childhood (Hardcover) $14.63 A stunningly illustrated memoir about growing up in a small village in Mali by a renowned, award-winning African artist, writer and storyteller. |
