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Cephas Yao Agbemenu (born 1951), sculptor and a traditional African wood carver, educator; Joseph Kossivi Ahiator (born 1956), painter and voodoo artist; Bernard Akoi-Jackson (born 1979), installation artist, performance artist, video artist, photographer, dancer, poet, and academic; Kwame Akoto (born 1950), painter
Njideka Akunyili Crosby // ⓘ (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. [1] Through her art, Akunyili Crosby "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds". [2]
Visual arts portal; Artists from Africa. Subcategories. This category has the following 44 subcategories, out of 44 total. ...
North African music has a considerable range, from the music of ancient Egypt to the Berber and the Tuareg music of the desert nomads. The region's art music has for centuries followed the outline of Arabic and Andalusian classical music: its popular contemporary genres include the Algerian Raï.
Yto Barrada (born 1971), visual artist [1] Farid Belkahia (1934–2014), modernist painter, educator Amina Benbouchta (born 1963), painter, photographer, and installation artist
Traditional sub-Saharan African harmony is a music theory of harmony in sub-Saharan African music based on the principles of homophonic parallelism (chords based around a leading melody that follow its rhythm and contour), homophonic polyphony (independent parts moving together), counter-melody (secondary melody) and ostinato-variation (variations based on a repeated theme).
Sudanese basket-tray, tabar of weaved natural plant fibre, coloured in different colours. African art is produced using a wide range of materials and takes many distinct shapes. Because wood is a very common material, wood sculptures make up the majority of African art. Other materials used in creating African art include clay soil.
A notable aspect of their editorship was the integration of visual art by artists like Willem Boshoff, Manfred Zylla, and William Kentridge, which enriched the journal’s aesthetic and highlighted the interdisciplinary connections between music and other art forms. [7]