Detailed study of a contemporary African artist-architect and master-builder. Relevant to architectural practitioners, students and enthusiasts, particularly with interest in African and tropical architecture, architectural regionalism and eco-sustainable building. 187 colour illustrations. 122pp, NIGERIA. KACHIFO.

Focuses on the significance of Arts and how to make them economically viable. Also highlights ways and means of making the arts self-supporting and highly competetive. Tables, index, xi, 198pp, NIGERIA. CBACC.

2001 9780320059 Paperback

The life and work of Ben Enwonwu (1917-94), a premier African modernist and pioneer whose career opened the way for the postcolonial proliferation and increased visibility of African art. In the decades between Enwonwu's birth and death, modernization produced new political structures and new forms of expression in African cultures, inspiring important developments in modern African art. Within this context, Ogbechie evaluates important issues such as the role of Anglo-Nigerian colonial culture in the development of modern Nigerian art, and Enwonwu's involvement with international discourses of modernism in Europe, Africa, and the United States over a period of five decades. Index, bib, notes, 295pp, 9 col & 51 b/w illus, USA. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS.

Presents a selection of Benin's extraordinary artworks that range from finely cast bronze figures, altar heads, and wall plaques to ivory tusks, pendants and arm cuffs embellished in detailed bas relief. Includes an essay outlining the kingdom's history and sheds light on these masterworks by describing their production and function in the context of the royal court. 36pp, USA. YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A presentation of sixty five illustrations of terracotta sculptures from the Nok, Sokoto and Katsina cultures of Nigeria. These objects, dating from 600 BC to 300 AD, are the oldest traces of one of the most remarkable sculptural tradition of sub Saharan Africa. Illustrated in colour. Bib, maps, 122pp, FRANCE. ADAM BIRO, 1999 2876602423 Hardback

A study of Gelede, a popular community festival of masquerade, dance and song, held several times a year by the Yoruba of south-western Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. Covers the cultural history, the performance, the aesthetics of costume and masks, and the moral and aesthetic philosophy against a background of social change. Illustrated in colour. Index, notes, gloss, bib, index, 304pp, USA. WASHINGTON U P.

A survey was conceived as a rescue operation to collect as many photographs and drawings as possible before decorations disappeared altogether, recording vital information about them from compound heads living in decorated houses, and from the master craftsmen who created them. During an introductory stock-taking survey it listed nearly one thousand decorated houses. 360pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

Many myths surround the Hyena Men who haunt the peripheries of Nigeria's cities. Accompa-nied by hyenas, rock pythons and baboons, they earn a living by performing before crowds and selling traditional medicines. Pieter Hugo's extraordinary portraits of their liminal existence reveal an uncanny world of complex, co-dependent relationships, where familiar distinctions between dominance and submission, wildness and domesticity, tradition and modernity are constantly subverted. Nigerian journalist Adetokunbo Abiola introduces readers to the Hyena Men, explaining the traditions and mystique behind their practices. 35 col photos, 80pp, GERMANY. PRESTEL.

Encompasses over 40 years of scholarly research on African art, both traditional and modern, by anthropologist Simon Ottenberg. Focusing on the arts of the Afikpo, an Igbo group in southeastern Nigeria, the essays discuss art objects in context of their use in performance and ritual and the symbol-ism of aesthetic forms and behaviour. BNS, 500pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Case studies of three cultural centres in Lagos: the Didi Museum, the MUSON Centre and the National Arts Theatre. Index, apps, b/w & col photos, 307pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS LIMITED.

Illustrated study of the lyrical, curvilinear design system called uli that Igbo women have used to decorate their bodies, the walls of homes, and shrines. Explores the ways in which artists' use of uli have been informed by their relationships to Igbo culture, their experiences in the 1967 70 war, their literary interests, and their influences on one another. Col illus, bib, index, 302pp, USA. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUT, 1560988002

1997 Hardback

This comprehensive overview of the art of Africa's ancient Nok civilization presents the oldest known figurative sculptures south of the Sahara. In 1928, in central Nigeria, tin miners uncovered clay shards which, when reconstructed, were found to be fragments of terracotta sculptures. The unique representations of human heads and other figures date from 500 BCE and are attributed to a culture known today as Nok. 140 illustrations, mostly in colour. 160pp, GERMANY. PRESTEL.

2006 3791336460 Hardback

Supported by copious illustrations, the author gives a study of the material collected since the Nok terracottas were first discovered in 1943. Colour and b/w illustrations. Index, maps, 157 pages, NIGERIA. ETHNOGRAPHICA.

1990 1977 0905788931 Paperback

Through this volume of collected papers, contemporary Nigerian art is looked at through the work of the artists of the Nsukka school. B/w ill, index, xvii, 330pp. USA. WASHINGTON U P.

Astonishingly creative and aesthetic Nigerian hairstyles, captured by a Nigerian photographer, J.D.'Okhai Ojeikere. Seeing is believing. Large format, b/w plates, 158pp, SWITZERLAND. SCALO.

2000 3908247306 Hardback