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Suggested Reading on Nok Culture and Statuary

Bacquart, J-B., The Tribal Arts of Africa , Thamas and Hudson, 1998.

Bahn P., 100 Great Archaeological Discoveries, Barnes and Noble, New York, 1995.

Ballarini, R., The Pottery from Mali, Milan, 1986.

Ballarini, R., Gods, Spirits, Ancestors, 1992.

Bennett, L., Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago, 1982.

Berns, M., African Arts Magazine, February 1989, Volume XXII, Number 2, UCLA. Los Angeles, page 48 – 59.

Boullier, Claire, The World of Tribal Arts, "Nok: An Iconography of Seated Male Figures", Summer/Autumn 1999, Milan, Italy, page 98 – 113.

Claerhout, Ancient Terra-Cotta Statuary and Pottery from Djenne, Mali, Janine Dessers, Antwerp, 1984.

Cole, Herbert M. and Aniakor, Chike C., Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos, Museum of Cultural History, UCLA.

Dagan, Spirits Without Boundaries, 1989.

Degli, M. and Mauze, M, Arts Premiers: Le Temps de la Reconnaissance, Imprimerie Editoriale-Lloyd, Italie, 2000.

De Grunne, Ancient Pottery from Mali, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, 1989.

De Grunne, The Terracotta Statuary of the Inland Niger in Mali, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, 1989.

De Grunne, B., The Birth of Art in Black Africa: Nok Statuary, Banque Generale du Luxembourg, 1998.

Easum, D., Ancient Treasures in Terra Cotta of Mali and Ghana, The African-American Institute, 1982.

Fagg, A., African Arts Magazine, page 54, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996.

Fagg, B., Nok Terracottas, The National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, 1977.

Fagg, W. and Picton, J., The Potter's Art in Africa, The British Museum, London, 1970.

Fagg, W. and List, H., Nigerian Images, The Spender of African Sculpture, Frederick A. Praeger, New York/London, 1963.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Treasures of Ancient Nigeria: Legacy of Two Thousand Years, San Francisco, 1980.

Gillon, W., A Short History of African Art, Penguin Books, London, 1984.

Kerchach et al, Art of Africa, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1988.

Martin, P., and O’Meara, P., Africa, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977.

McIntosh, R.J., Middle Niger Terracottas before the Symplegades Gateway, in "Africa Arts", 2, 1989.

Musee du Quai Branly, Sculptures Afrique, Asie, Oceanie, Ameriques, Reunion des Musee Nationaux, Paris, 2000.

Phillips, T., Africa: The Art of a Continent, Prestel, Munich/New York, 1995.

Reader, J., Africa: A Biography of the Continent, Alfred A. Knof, New York, 1999.

Rijkmueeum voor Volkenkunde Djenne: Beeld van een Afrikaanse Stad, Leiden, 1994.

Schaedler, Earth and Ore: 2500 Years of African Art in Terra cotta and Metal, Panterra Verlag, Munich, 1997.

Shaw, Thurstan, Nigeria: Its Archaeology and Early History, Thames and Hudson, Great Britain, 1978.

Schaedler, K-F, Ceramics from Black Africa and Ancient America, Primart, Zurich, 1985.

UCLA, African Arts Magazine, autumn 1995, Vol. XXVIII, Number 4.

Vincke, M., Nzungu:  La Ceramique BaKongo, Galerie CONGO, Marc Leo Felix, Tribal Arts S.P.R.L.

Visona, M., et al.  A History of Art in Africa, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2001.

Willett, F., African Art, Thames and Hudson, New York, 1971.

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