Doran and I interviewed one another in spring, 1972, when I was recovering from appendicitis in a hospital bed; after a half hour of talk, I hoped he would choose UCSB for his graduate work. He did. Although he started while I was in Ghana in 1972–73, he took my Fall ‘73 course on African arts and wrote an excellent if wordy term paper to which I assigned an A-minus—for him a low grade he never ceased kidding me about, because I wrote extensive comments that he often later claimed, in hyperbole, were longer than the paper itself. He loved embellishing that story, the last version of which he told a few days before he joined the ancestral realm. I then kidded him back, that I was sorry it was not a B+. He was bright, eager, confident, and friendly that fall yet frustrated that I was not there when...
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Herbert M. Cole (professor emeritus, UCSB, 1968–2003, BA Williams College 1957, MA and PhD Columbia University, 1964, 1968) is author, coauthor, or editor of twelve books on African arts and sixty plus articles, based on four years of research in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Côte d'Ivoire. He organized thirteen exhibitions of African art. In 2001 Cole received a lifetime achievement Leadership Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association. He continues to publish, and for the past twenty years, as Kofi Cole, has carved miniature works of art inspired by African originals. [email protected]
Herbert M. Cole (professor emeritus, UCSB, 1968–2003, BA Williams College 1957, MA and PhD Columbia University, 1964, 1968) is author, coauthor, or editor of twelve books on African arts and sixty plus articles, based on four years of research in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Côte d'Ivoire. He organized thirteen exhibitions of African art. In 2001 Cole received a lifetime achievement Leadership Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association. He continues to publish, and for the past twenty years, as Kofi Cole, has carved miniature works of art inspired by African originals. [email protected]
Herbert M. Cole; Deep Ties: Cole and Ross, 1972–2020. African Arts 2022; 55 (1): 17–19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00626
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