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Visual arts in Cameroon : a genealogy of non-formal training, 1976-2014

Title

Visual arts in Cameroon : a genealogy of non-formal training, 1976-2014 / Annette Schemmel.

Author

Schemmel, Annette

Publication

Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2015]
©2015

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Description

406 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm

Summary

Annette Schemmel provides a highly illuminating case study of the major actors, discourses and paradigm that shaped the history of visual arts in Cameroon during the second part of the 20th century. Her book meticulously reconstructs the multiple ways of artistic knowledge acquisition - from the consolidation of the "Systeme de Grands Freres" in the 1970s to the emergence of more discursively oriented small artists' initiatives which responded to the growing NGO market of social practice art opportunities in the 2000s. Based on archival research, participant observation and in depth interviews with art practitioners in Douala and Yaounde, this study is a must read for everyone who wants to better understand the vibrant artistic scenes in countries like Cameroon, which until today lack a proper state-funded infrastructure in the arts.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-396) and index.

ISBN

9956763608
9789956763603

OCLC

ocn946292985
946292985
SCSB-1846216

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library