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Volume 42, Issue 3
Autumn 2009
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ISSN 0001-9933
EISSN 1937-2108

Special Issue: Ephemeral Arts 1

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The Radiance of the King
Donald Cosentino
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 1–8.
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dialogue

Responses to Dak'Art 2008 and “[Dis]placement of National Art to a Transnational Artworld”
Susan Kart, Sylvester Okwundu Ogbechie
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 8–9.
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articles

Framing the Ephemeral
Allyson Purpura
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 11–15.
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The Power of Ephemera: Permanence and Decay in Protective Power Objects
Aimée Bessire
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 16–27.
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The Dripping Man: Art, the Ephemeral, and the Urban Soul
Dominique Malaquais
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 28–41.
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Coming Together and Falling Apart: Something about Brooms and Nigeria
David T. Doris
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 42–51.
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A Conservation Conundrum: Ephemeral Art at the National Museum of African Art
Stephanie E. Hornbeck
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 52–61.
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exhibition previews

Persona: Masks of Africa—Identities Hidden and Revealed
Anne-Marie Bouttiaux
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 62–71.
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Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens
Wendy Grossman, Letty Bonnell
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 72–81.
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exhibition reviews

Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 82–84.
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Studio Cameroon
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 85–86.
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Black is Beautiful: Rubens to Dumas
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 87–88.
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book reviews

Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 89–90.
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Luba
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 90–91.
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Flava: Wedge Curatorial Projects 1997–2007
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 92–93.
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film review

Fourteen Films on African Art: The Death of an African King with Sarah Adams; A Year in the Life of an African Family: The Bamogo Family of Burkina Faso; Fulani: Art and Life of a Nomadic People; Birds of the Wilderness: The Beauty Competition of the Wodaabe People of Niger; African Art in Performance: The Winiama Masks of the Village of Ouri; Art as a Verb in Africa: The Masks of the Bwa Village of Boni; Masks of Leaves and Wood: The Bwa People of Burkina Faso; African Art as Theater: The Bwa Masks of the Gnoumou Family of Boni; Speaking With God: A Mossi Baga Diviner in Burkina Faso; African Pottery Techniques; African Weaving: Spinning, Strip Weaving in Burkina, Kente in Ghana; From Iron Ore to Iron Hoe: Smelting Iron in Africa; Arts of Ghana: Brass Casting, Pottery, Adinkra, Kente, Stool Carving; African Sculpture: Carving a Crocodile Mask, Shaping a Mask of Leaves
African Arts (2009) 42 (3): 93–95.
View articletitled, Fourteen Films on African Art: The Death of an African King with Sarah Adams; A Year in the Life of an African Family: The Bamogo Family of Burkina Faso; Fulani: Art and Life of a Nomadic People; Birds of the Wilderness: The Beauty Competition of the Wodaabe People of Niger; African Art in Performance: The Winiama Masks of the Village of Ouri; Art as a Verb in Africa: The Masks of the Bwa Village of Boni; Masks of Leaves and Wood: The Bwa People of Burkina Faso; African Art as Theater: The Bwa Masks of the Gnoumou Family of Boni; Speaking With God: A Mossi Baga Diviner in Burkina Faso; African Pottery Techniques; African Weaving: Spinning, Strip Weaving in Burkina, Kente in Ghana; From Iron Ore to Iron Hoe: Smelting Iron in Africa; Arts of Ghana: Brass Casting, Pottery, Adinkra, Kente, Stool Carving; African Sculpture: Carving a Crocodile Mask, Shaping a Mask of Leaves
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