African Arts presents original research and critical discourse on traditional, contemporary, and popular African arts and expressive cultures. Since 1967, the journal has reflected the dynamism and diversity of several fields of humanistic study, publishing richly illustrated articles in full color, incorporating the most current theory, practice, and intercultural dialogue. The journal offers readers peer-reviewed scholarly articles concerning a striking range of art forms and visual cultures of the world’s second largest continent and its diasporas, as well as special thematic issues, book and exhibition reviews, features on museum collections, exhibition previews, artist portfolios, photo essays, edgy dialogues, and editorials.

Contents of Issue 47:2 (Summer 2014):

first word
Ringside at the Revolution
Leslie Ellen Jones

articles

The Art of Almighty God
In His Own Words
Doran H. Ross

Yelimane Fall
Senegalese Calligraphy in Action
Cynthia Becker and Alex Zito

Hot and Haute
Alphadi’s Fashion for Peace
Amanda Gilvin

Liberian Chiefs’ Horns Revisited
William Hart

Saartjie
Brenda M. Spies

exhibition reviews

Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
reviewed by Ed DeCarbo

Visionary Africa: Art at Work
Kla Art 012
Uganda Golden Jubilee Celebration
Kampala, Uganda
reviewed by Sidney L. Kasfir

Design en Afrique: s’asseoir, se coucher et rêver
Musée Dapper, Paris
reviewed by Maxime de Formanoir

Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle
Fourth Plinth Commission, Trafalgar Square, London
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
reviewed by Elsbeth Joyce Court

book reviews

Central Nigerial Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley
ed. by Marla C. Berns, Richard Fardon, and Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
reviewed by Zachary Kingdon

Zulu Pottery
by Elizabeth Perrill
reviewed by Wendy Gers

The Progress of Love
ed. by Kristina Van Dyke and Bisi Silva
reviewed by Kimberli Gant

african art in unusual places
South of the River / Fulani Earrings
Philip Peek