AFRICA: WOMEN'S ART, WOMEN'S LIVES - Hardcover

Betty LaDuke

9780865434349: AFRICA: WOMEN'S ART, WOMEN'S LIVES

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865434344 ISBN 13: 9780865434349

Publisher: AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 1998

This book is based on a series of adventures in African countries from 1990-1994. It is about a process of interacting with African women from the perspective of a western artist and teacher, appreciating the diverse personal, historical and cultural circumstances that nurtured their creativity.

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Synopsis:

A study of the lives and art of African women. Explores the materials, methods and creativity used and the relationship to the personal lives of the women. The women's art work often incorporates the duality of myth and reality and the women use this to express their hopes, fears, humour and frustrations.

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