Investigate the rich culture, varied customs, and ongoing conflicts that have occurred south of the Sahara desert.
Self Evaluation
From the clip, The Kingdom of Dahomey, what can you infer about the place of women amongst the Dahomey?
After exploring the West African art exhibit, what connections can you make to modern Americanized Fashions?
Dahomey contained a vast complex of royal palaces. The kingdom also had a unique and distinctive canon of art and architecture. Explore the PBS video and readings to learn more.
This exhibition presents one hundred years of portrait photography in West Africa through nearly eighty photographs taken between the 1870s and the 1970s. These works, many of which are being shown for the first time, are drawn from the Metropolitan Museum's Visual Resource Archives in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, with additions from the Department of Photographs.
Read through the article and ask yourself, "why was the prime minster of Congo assassinated?'
There are 54 countries in Africa! That's a lot! Get familiar with their names and what part of Africa they are located trough seterra's map game review.