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  2. African art - Wikipedia

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    African art describes modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual cultures from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent.The definition may also include the art of the African diasporas, such as art in African-American, Caribbean or South American societies inspired by African traditions.

  3. Gerard Sekoto - Wikipedia

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    Gerard Sekoto OIG [1] (9 December 1913 – 20 March 1993), was a South African artist and musician. He is recognised as a pioneer of urban black art and social realism . His work was exhibited in Paris , Stockholm , Venice , Washington , and Senegal , as well as in South Africa.

  4. Maggie Laubser - Wikipedia

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    The South African National Gallery and the Pretoria Art Museum combined to host a major retrospective exhibition of Laubser's works in 1969. [2] [6] This was followed in 1987 by a retrospective of early works, again at the South African National Gallery, which ran from 2 December 1987 to 31 January 1988. [14]

  5. Ndebele house painting - Wikipedia

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    The art found in the traditional homestead of the Ndebele people dates back to a thousand years and is evidenced by the rock art found in the Matopos [2] [3] attributed to the Khoi-San. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] [ 5 ] In 2016 the US Ambassador's' fund for Cultural preservation (AFCP) [ 6 ] awarded a grant to document the Ndebele traditional art form of hut ...

  6. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    From Mali, the technique spread across West Africa to Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria. raffia fiber from dried stripped leaves of raffia palm was commonly used in West Africa and Central Africa since it is widely available in countries with grasslands like Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria.

  7. Ethiopian art - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopian art is the manifestation in art of the Ethiopian civilization. Primarily African Christian [ 1 ] civilization, Ethiopian art traditions have developed for millennia alongside Christian Art the world over, and since the 7th century, the Islamic artistic traditions as well.

  8. Noria Mabasa - Wikipedia

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    Noria Muelwa Mabasa (née Luvhimbi) (born May 10, 1938) is a South African artist renowned for her exceptional woodcarving skills. She's known for her intricate sculptures that often reflect themes of African culture, spirituality, and everyday life.

  9. Culture of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Sample of the Egyptian Book of the Dead of the scribe Nebqed, c. 1300 BC. Africa is divided into a great number of ethnic cultures. [17] [18] [19] The continent's cultural regeneration has also been an integral aspect of post-independence nation-building on the continent, with a recognition of the need to harness the cultural resources of Africa to enrich the process of education, requiring ...