African Art in Transit

by Christopher B. Steiner

Based on extensive research in West Africa, Christopher Steiner's book presents a richly detailed description of the economic networks that transfer art objects from their site of use and production in Africa to their point of consumption in art galleries and shops throughout Europe and America. In the course of this fascinating transcultural journey, African art acquires different meanings. It means one thing to the rural villagers who create and still use it in ritual and performance, another to the Muslim traders who barter and resell it, and something else to the buyers and collectors in the West who purchase it for investment and display it in their homes.

Genres: Africa, Academic

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 27, 1994

Reviews

[k.]

whoever annotated my copy must have been simple

[Dave Pier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great book. I teach this every year, just about.