Research Catalog

Title

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.)

Publication

[Paris, Présence Africaine, 1968]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Société africaine de culture.
• World Festival of Negro Arts (1st : 1966 : Dakar, Senegal)

Description

600 p. illus.; 21 cm.

Alternative Title

Function and significance of African negro art in the life of the people and for the people.

Subject

• Art, Black > Africa
• Art, Black > Social aspects > Africa
• Arts > Congresses
• Art, Black > Congresses
• Art, African > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Congresses.

Note

• At head of title: 1st World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, April 1-24, 1966.
• Illustrated cover.
• English, some articles translated from French.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The Function and significance of Negro art in the life of the peoples of Black Africa / Engelbert Mveng (p. 11-27.). -- Archaeology and Negro-African art / Bernard Fagg (p. 29-37.). -- Significance and function of art in Bambara community life / Dominique Zahan (p. 39-43.). -- The Perception of beauty in Negro-African culture / Harris Memel-Foté (p. 45-65.). -- Medieval art in the royal courts of West Africa / Kunz W Dittmer (p. 67-72.). -- From myth to history : / Jean Laude (p. 73-85.). -- Ethiopians : / Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (p. 87-94.). -- Malagasy art / V Ravelonanosy-Razafimbelo (p. 95-105.). -- Tribality / William Buller Fagg (p. 107-119.). -- An Approach to a sociology of traditional sculpture / Jacques Jerome Pierre Maquet (p. 121-141.).
• Music in African culture / J.H. Kwabena Nketia (p. 143-186.). -- Traditional African music : / Jean-Baptiste Obama (p. 187-221.). -- The Notion of unity : / Herbert Pepper (p. 223-232.). -- Oral literature / Geneviève Calame-Griaule (p. 233-244.). -- African oral literature / John S Mbiti (p. 245-268.). -- Negro-African oral literature / Basile-Juléat Fouda (p. 269-294.). -- A Contribution to the study of traditional architecture in Negro-Africa / Germaine Dieterlen (p. 295-306.). -- Traditional African architecture / Jean-Paul Lebeuf (p. 307-316.). -- The Aesthetic sense among Negro-Africans / Michel Leiris (p. 319-335.). -- The Western experience of Negro art / Robert John Goldwater (p. 337-350.).
• Negro spirituals / Louis T Achille (p. 351-367.). -- The African heritage in the music of the American Negro / Sim Copans (p. 369-395.). -- The Function and significance of Negro art in the life of the Brazilian people : / Roger Bastide (p. 397-413.). -- The African view of art and some problems facing the African artist / Ben Enwonwu (p. 417-426.). -- Modern African painting and sculpture / Frank McEwen (p. 427-437.). -- Contemporary Afro-American art / James A Porter (p. 439-455.). -- A Study of modern Negro-African architecture / Martial Sodogandji (p. 457-471.). -- The Performing arts of Africa / Katherine Dunham (p. 473-480.). -- Meaning and function of the traditional Negro-African theatre / Bakary Traoré (p. 481-493.). -- Modern Negro-African theatre : / Wole Soyinka (p. 495-504.). -- Black writers in a troubled world / Langston Hughes (p. 505-510.). -- Modern African poetry / Lamine Diakhaté (p. 511-522.). -- Films inspired by Africa / Jean Rouch (p. 523-537.). -- Cinematographic art : / Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (p. 539-558.). -- Television and the arts : / Ṣẹgun Oluṣọla (p. 559-575.). -- Preservation of works of art and handicraft / Ekpo Eyo (p. 577-587.). -- Preservation of art and artisanal works / Alexandre Adandé (p. 589-598.).

LCCN

^^^75477146^

OCLC

• 669506
• SCSB-10153915

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library