Art and Culture in Contemporary Africa

Burkina Faso

Mossi tribe of Burkina Faso  Tribe of over 3 million people  Largest in Burkina Faso  Gained independence from French in  Only tribe of inland west Africa to have a centralized government soimage1_painted_houses.htm

Introducing girls to Mossi art  The Bigga Doll

The role of masks  Masks are used to honor the spirits of nature

Bwa tribe of Burkina Faso  From central Burkina Faso  EGORY/Plank/bobobwa/05.ht ml

Bwa masks  Masks are used in ceremonies to represent spirits of ancestors and the connections between humans and animals store1.yimg.com/I/art98_1814_

Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria  Over ten million people in the Yoruba tribe  They are from Nigeria e/countrys/africa/ng.htm

The Roll of Masks  Used to connect with the spiritual world  ba_mask_EBR_2325.jpg

ERE IBEJI  Represents a twin child that has passed away harm_1_.jpg wins2_1_.jpg

Mende tribe

Nowo Mask  Used in ceremony of a young girls transition into a women  gallery.sjsu.edu/exhibits/african/afri caexhibit/imageswitharrows/mendem ask.html

References Yoruba Tribe   Mende Tribe   gallery.sjsu.edu/exhibits/african/africaexhibit/imageswitharrows/mendemask.html Books  Art History (second edition) 2005, Peterson Education, Inc.,  Africa the Art of a Continent, Time Warner & Warner Brothers

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