PICTURING THE STORY: NARRATIVE ARTS AND THE STORIES THEY TELL

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY: CHI WARA Online Sources: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY – of the Western Sudan http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/10/sfw/ht10sfw.htm

Metropolitan Museum of Art – Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African View a video of the Chi Wara dancers at http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Genesis/origin_video.htm

National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. – Playful Performers - Why Wear a ? Online exhibit to bring to young people an enhanced understanding of the many roles that play in various African societies and cultures. http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/playful/introindex.html

Ghanian wood carver – http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ghania-wood-carver-in-kumasighana/718741944

Ibn Battuta. Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354, translated and edited by H.A.R. Gibb. (London: Broadway House, 1929) http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/MUHLBERGER/2805/battuta.htm http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Ibn_Battuta/Ibn_Battuta_Rihla.html

Wood carver at work, series of videos – http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/woodcarving-basics-tools.htm

World Culture Encyclopedia, Countries and their Cultures: http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Mali.html

Photographs: http://africa.si.edu/collections/ http://www.andygilham.com/mali.htm http://www.burkinabymatt.com/index.php?subject=culture&photo=tabaski_prayer http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~anth/arch/mali-interactive/pictures/empires.jpg http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/i8_000dd.jpg http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tattoos/gallery/images/photos/west_africa_scarification.jpg www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali www.mandinkapeople.com

Other antelope crest masks http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum/VirtualExhibitions/african/chiwara_context.html

Lesson Plans: Art History Resources on the Web – African Art: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHafrica.html

Crossing Borders/Breaking Boundaries VI: The Arts and Artistic Legacies of the West African Civilizations, 700 – 1600 CE www.crbs.umd.edu/.../lessonplans/2006/sturm.html

Incredible @rt Online: Discover Africa – http://princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/afr-less.htm Chi Wara Headdress of the Bamana – http://princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/chiwara.htm

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Africa Teacher Packet: http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/publications/pdfs/Africa_Teacher_Packet/divided/002Africa_intro.pdf

Books and Articles: Dickson, John Heron. “Wood Carving.” World Art Studies: Africa. Dec 12, 1997. http://artworld.uea.ac.uk/cms/index.php?q=node/1340 (accessed December 12, 2007)

De Jong, Ferdinand. “Objects in Practice: Masquerade.” World Art Studies: Africa. April 13, 2007. http://artworld.uea.ac.uk/cms/index.php?q=node/59 (accessed December 12, 2007)

Hornburger, Jane M., and Whitney, Alex. African Countries and Cultures. New York: David McKay Co, Inc., 1981. An illustrated dictionary. Very helpful when gathering background information on a particular cultural group.

Imperato, Pascal James. “The Dance of the Tyi Wara.” African Arts, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Autumn, 1970), pp. 8-80. Publisher: UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3334470

Naylor, Penelope. Black Images, The Art of West Africa. Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Interesting book which explains the relationship between the sculpture of Africa and the cultural beliefs. Filled with examples.

Niane, D.T. Sundiata, An Epic of Old Mali. Longman Group Limited, Essex, England, 1965.

Parenger, Geoffrey. African Mythology. London, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. 1967 A very informative book containing myths, legends, folktales and other stories of Africa. Filled with artwork to illustrate the narrative. Gives historical and geographical information on many areas of the continent.

Peek, Philip and Kwesi Yankah, eds. African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Routledge, UK , 2003.

Price, Christine. Made in West Africa. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co.,1975 Many different art forms of west Africa are featured in this book. Full of photographs of artworks and people creating them today. The book is organized by craft

Books and Articles (con’t) Thompson, Robert Fariis. African Art in Motion. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1974. This beautiful book covers many cultures and their use of dance which includes the study of masks and other icons in rituals and ceremonies. Much study of the Yoruba culture.

Wardwell, Allen. “A Bambara Master Carver.” African Arts, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Nov., 1984), pp. 83-84. Publisher: UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3336110

Winther, Barbara. Plays From African Tales. Boston: Plays Inc., 1992. This book offers many one act royalty-free plays for students to use and dramatize African folktales.

Woodson, Carter Godwin. African Myths. Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers, Inc., 1964. The folktales are clearly translated, but the illustrations will disappoint young readers.