WEBSITES

African cultures(Museums, artworks)

Africa Online,http://www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/coverkids.html

• To explore online the African continent(Games and others).

  Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds.
  Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. http://www.nhm.org/africa/

• Large website with lots of information on Africa.Also games and other interactive explorations of African culture.
  

  Images of Power and Identity.
  National Museum of African Art. http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/africart/exhibits/ipi/ipi.htm

• Take an online tour of the art of sub-Saharan Africa and you will see examples of artworks from many African cultures.

  Ritual Messengers -- African Treasures from the Tervuren Museum, Belgium
  Canadian Museum of Civilization. http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/traditio/tervuren/ter00eng.html
  

• At this site you can view objects with information that answers "frequently asked questions" about objects. There are also questions for you to answer. A "Peoples of Central Africa Database" gives you information on some of the cultures from this area.
  
  

People:

Art and Life in Africa.
University of Iowa. http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/chapters/KML.html

• This site also features objects and information related to the life cycle.
  
  

Ritual & Ceremony:

Master Hand: Individuality and Creativity among Yoruba Sculptors.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/yoruba/htm/index.htm

The Artist's Eye, The Diviner's Insight: African Divination Art from the Barry D. Maurer Collection.
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. http://www.amherst.edu/~mead/african.html/african.html

• This site will give you more information about divination practices in Africa. It includes art objects and photographs of people performing divination.
  

Yoruba Masking Traditions.
Baobab Project, Harvard University. http://web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/dubois/baobab/narratives/yoruba/yoruba.html

• Check out this site to see examples of different types of masks used by the Yoruba people.
  
  

Daily Life:

Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. http://www.nhm.org/africa/tour/cameroon/index.htm

• This links you to a section on the Cameroon Grasslands kingdoms.
  

  The Art of the Personal Object.
  National Museum of African Art. http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/africart/exhibits/persplash.htm
  

• Take a look at these everyday objects from cultures outside of the Camersoon Grasslands kingdo

Death & Burial:

Art and Life in Africa.
University of Iowa. http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/chapters/kml/KMG1.html

• At this site you can learn more about funerary practices.
  

Communication:

Shaping for the Fire.
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, Illinois. http://www.fa.indiana.edu/~conner/akan/shape.html

• Check out this web site to learn more about Akan goldweights. You'll find information about the African gold trade, and the production, design, and symbolism of goldweights.