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September 01 2011
Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley Free
Marla C. Berns,
Marla C. Berns
Marla C. Berns is the Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Art History. She is lead co-curator of “Central Nigeria Unmasked.” Berns is also a member of the editorial board of African Arts. [email protected]
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Richard Fardon
Richard Fardon
Richard Fardon is Professor of West African Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and co-curator of “Central Nigeria Unmasked.” He is the author of Fusions—Masquerades and Thought Style East of the Niger-Benue Confluence, West Africa (2007, London: Saffron Press).
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Marla C. Berns
Marla C. Berns is the Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Art History. She is lead co-curator of “Central Nigeria Unmasked.” Berns is also a member of the editorial board of African Arts. [email protected]
Richard Fardon
Richard Fardon is Professor of West African Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and co-curator of “Central Nigeria Unmasked.” He is the author of Fusions—Masquerades and Thought Style East of the Niger-Benue Confluence, West Africa (2007, London: Saffron Press).
Online ISSN: 1937-2108
Print ISSN: 0001-9933
© 2011 by the Regents of the University of California.
2011
African Arts (2011) 44 (3): 16–37.
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Marla C. Berns, Richard Fardon; Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley. African Arts 2011; 44 (3): 16–37. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2011.44.3.16
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