Colloquium: Function and Significance of African Negro Art in the Life of the People and for the People: March 30-April 8, 1966

604 Pages·1968·23.781 MB·English

by  Society of African Culture

1st. World Festival of Negro Arts
Colloquium on Negro Art
SOCIETY OF AFRICAN CULTURE
NUNC COCNOSCO EX PARTE
THOMAS J. BATA LIBRARY
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Colloquium

1st. World Festival of Negro Arts
DAKAR, April 1-24, 1966
Colloquium
Function and Significance of African
Negro Art in the Life of the People
and for the People
(March 30 - April 8, 1966)
Organized by the Society of African
Culture (S.A.C.) with the co-operation
of U.N.E.S.C.O., under the patronage
of the Senegalese Government
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© 1968, by Editions
Contents
AFRICAN TRADITION.
Engelbert Mveng. — The Function and Significance
of Negro Art in the Life of the Peoples of Black
Africa . 11
Bernard Fagg. — Archaeology and Negro-African Art 29
Dominique Zahan. — Significance and Function of
Art in Bambara Community Life . 39
Harris Memel-Foté. — The Perception of Beauty in
Negro-African Culture . 45
Kunz Dittmer. — Medieval Art in the Royal Courts
of West Africa . 67
Jean Laude. — From Myth to History : The Methods
by which Space is Represented in African
Reliefs . 73
Gabre-Medhin Ts'égayé. — Ethiopians : Their Art in
Their Life. 87
Mme V. Ravelonanosy-Razafimbelo. — Malagasy Art 95
William Fagg. — « Tribality » . 107
Jacques Maquet. — An Approach to a Sociology of
Traditional Sculpture . 121
J.H. Kwabena Nketia. — Music in African Culture 143
Jean-Baptiste Obama. — Traditional African Music .. 187
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Herbert Pepper. — The Notion of Unity : The Key to
Negro-African Expression .. 223
Mme G. Calame-Griaule. — Oral Literature. 233
John Mbiti. — African Oral Literature . 245
Basile-Juléat Fouda. — Negro-African Oral Literature 269
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Mme G. Dieterlen. — A Contribution to the Study of
Traditional Architecture in Negro-Africa _ 295
Jean-Paul Lebeuf. — Traditional African Architec¬
ts .. 307
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THE MEETING OF NEGRO ART
WITH THE WEST.
Michel Leiris. — The Aesthetic Sense Among Neqro-
Africans ..
319
Robert Goldwater. — The Western Experience of
Negro Art .
337
Louis T. Achille. — Negro Spirituals. 351
Sim Copans. — The African Heritage in the Music of
the American Negro . 369
Roger Bastide. — The Function and Significance of
Negro Art in the Life of the Brazilian People .. 397
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THE CURRENT SITUATION.
THE PROBLEMS
OF MODERN AFRICAN ART.
Ben Enwonwu. — The African View of Art and Some
Problems Facing the African Artist
417
Frank McEwen. — Modern African Painting and
Sculpture.
427
James A. Porter. — Contemporary Afro-American
Art
439