The African cultures encouraged innovation and creativity both in style and form from their artists. Whether the art is a result of visual abstraction, diversity or imagery from dreams and nightmares, the creators of Africa masks were never without stimulation. African art is an expression of life forces at work, and the best examples of this are the colorful African masks.

The african masks have meaning and dances relating to each design defining the spirit within.The creation of the mask is the creation of the dance and the binding of the spirit within.