On Art History in Africa / De l’histoire de l’art en Afrique - Various Authors Edition Each ill-paid and surviving on

Each ill-paid and surviving on nothing

"— Shazia Hafiz Ramji

from its origins to the present day—published for the alliance’s seventy-fifth anniversary

rocks and contours and what lies underground

women robbed of their right to self-determination

On Art History in Africa / De l’histoire de l’art en Afrique - Various Authors Edition Each ill-paid and surviving onAfrican art history continues to be dominated by Western scholars who set the tone for the field. Their cultural frames of reference, which they cast as universal, exert influence on the interpretation of African art, social conditions, and cultural milieu. The knowledge produced in most institutions and academic or independent publishers outside of Africa communicates the extant system in place within those localities. In other words, the audience