1. Early African Art South from the Sahara

3. “The continent of Africa is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification, for the sake of convenience, can we say “Africa”. In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa does not exist.” Ryszard Kaperscinki

6. 15-1 Running woman, rock painting, from Tassili (Inauouanrhat), Algeria, ca. 6000- 4000 BCE

7. Nok Head from Rafin Kura, Nigeria ca. 500 BCE - 200 CE Terracotta, 1’2’’ high National Museum, Ligos

8. Head from Lydenburg, Africa, ca. 500 - 700 CE, terracotta, 15” high by 10” by 10”.

9. Equestrian figure on fly-whisk hilt -Lost-wax cast bronze -Niger -Tombs -Power

10. Mother with Children ●Jenna Terracotta ●Form ●Function ●Content ●Context ●Snake Goddess Inland Niger Delta, Mali (Western Sudan)

11. King from Ife 15-6 King, from Ife, Nigeria, 11th to 12th century. Zinc brass.

12. 15-7 Walls and tower, Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, 14th century

13. 15-8 Bird with Crocodile, Stone Monolith, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe 15th Century

14. 15-9 Beta Medhane Alem church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, 14th century

15. from Benin, Nigeria mid 16th century Ivory and Iron 9 ⅜ inches high Ivory Belt Mask of a Queen Mother

17. Master of Symbolic Execution 15th-16th century