African American Visual Arts

African American Visual Arts
Author: Celeste-Marie Bernier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2008
Genre: African American art
ISBN:

African American Visual Arts: From Slavery to the Present

They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America

They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
Author: Ivan Van Sertima
Publisher: African classicals
Total Pages: 185
Release:
Genre: History
ISBN:

They Came Before Columbus reveals a compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Africans in ancient America. Examining navigation and shipbuilding; cultural analogies between Native Americans and Africans; the transportation of plants, animals, and textiles between the continents; and the diaries, journals, and oral accounts of the explorers themselves, Ivan Van Sertima builds a pyramid of evidence to support his claim of an African presence in the New World centuries before Columbus. Combining impressive scholarship with a novelist’s gift for storytelling, Van Sertima re-creates some of the most powerful scenes of human history: the launching of the great ships of Mali in 1310 (two hundred master boats and two hundred supply boats), the sea expedition of the Mandingo king in 1311, and many others. In They Came Before Columbus, we see clearly the unmistakable face and handprint of black Africans in pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming impact on the civilizations they encountered.

Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies

Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies
Author: Patricia Ann Turner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2002
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780813921556

Exploring white American popular culture of the past century and a half, Turner details subtle and not-so-subtle negative tropes and images of black people, from Uncle Tom and Aunt Jemima to jokes about Michael Jackson and Jesse Jackson. She feels that far too little has changed in terms of white stereotyping and its negative effects.

Africans in the Americas

Africans in the Americas
Author: Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a.
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2003-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0595302475

It's a historical account of African people and their imprint on the development of every society throughout history. It's significant contribution to the study of race, and race-relations, with a highly advanced input and scholarly impressive understanding for students of all ages. It examines Africa's participation in the development of China's first dynasty, Dravidian India, ancient Greek civilizations, and Europe's medieval economy. Readers are introduced to unknown advanced African societies throughout the Middle East and Meso-america's ancient Olmecs, the predecessors of all Native American, or Amerindian civilizations. The detail research focuses on the abolition of slavery worldwide and on the long lasting avenues blacks have traveled in search of freedom, equal rights, and justice throughout the Americas, and the lack of economic power still existent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Africans In The Americas (Our Footprints Throughout The World) identifies our history and outlines solutions that yield enlightenment to all. It is brilliantly written to the understanding of readers of all ages and races. It's primary purpose is to educate and inspire the black youth of today, who do not know that their roots grows deeper than their immediate surroundings and stretches far beyond other civilizations across the globe.

African-American Art

African-American Art
Author: Sharon F. Patton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1998
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780192842138

Discusses African American folk art, decorative art, photography, and fine arts.

The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts

The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts
Author: John Michael Vlach
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1990
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0820312339

Included in the examples are works from the Charleston and Old Slave Mart museums and the ironwork of Philip Simmons.

Ibss: Anthropology: 1986

Ibss: Anthropology: 1986
Author: International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1990
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780415031639

IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.

The African Origin of Civilization

The African Origin of Civilization
Author: Cheikh Anta Diop
Publisher:
Total Pages: 317
Release: 1974
Genre: Black race
ISBN: 9781938803611

From the Publisher: Edited and translated by Mercer Cook. Laymen and scholars alike will welcome the publication of this one-volume translation of the major sections of C.A. Diop's two books, Nations negres et culture and Anteriorite des civilizations negres, which have profoundly influenced thinking about Africa around the world. It was largely because of these works that, at the World Festival of the Arts held in Dakar in 1966, Dr. Diop shared with the late W.E.B. DuBois an award as the writer who had exerted the greatest influence on Negro thought in the 20th century.