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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 16 books in this booklist
£14.95 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780500293591 | ISBN 10: 0500293597
Contemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by any particular style, technique or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude towards art-making, ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781910593653 | ISBN 10: 1910593656
The dazzling, provocative work of Jean-Michel Basquiat would come to define the vibrant New York art scene of the late '70s and early '80s. Punk, jazz, graffiti, hip-hop: his work drew heavily on the cultural trappings of Lower Manhattan, to which he ... more
View book details£20.00 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781907804496 | ISBN 10: 1907804498
This original and engrossing book explores ways in which black people were perceived and imagined in the visual arts of Europe from the late 18th century to the 19th century, against a backdrop of slavery, colonialism, and imperialism. Europe’s exp ... more
View book details£25.00 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780500292839 | ISBN 10: 0500292833
South African archaeology preserves some of the earliest evidence of artistic thought and production anywhere in the world. Today, South Africa has an established and vibrant contemporary art scene that is often in dialogue with the deep and recent p ... more
View book details£15.00 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780704374041 | ISBN 10: 0704374048
Jean-Michel Basquiat grew up as the son of an accountant and spent his youth as a graffiti artist. Before he knew it, the young Basquiat had been catapulted to the heights of fame because of his blackness, good looks and lack of formal art training, ... more
View book details£16.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784532871 | ISBN 10: 1784532878
What impact do sexual politics and queer identities have on the understanding of blackness as a set of visual, cultural and intellectual concerns? In Queering Post-Black Art, Derek Conrad Murray argues that the rise of female, gay and lesbian ar ... more
View book details£17.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781606995624 | ISBN 10: 1606995626
This book spotlights over 100 comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels to feature black characters from all over the world over the last century, and the result is a fascinating journey to, if not enlightenment, then at least away from the horre ... more
View book details£11.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781905108787 | ISBN 10: 1905108788
Based upon the fears of society comes a hard hitting story of how ignorance and perceptions can destroy lives in a world which desperately yearns for peace. Officially supported by the United Nations Association of Canada. "I think ever ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781906388324 | ISBN 10: 1906388326
A leading embroiderer with a lifelong love and understanding of African culture and landscape translates the many striking images of Africa into textile art, using embroidery, dyeing and quilting. From the dusky colours of the savannah to the traditi ... more
View book details£13.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780867196733 | ISBN 10: 0867196734
In this autobiography-meets-graphic-novel, Beirut-born lecturer and writer Toufic El Rassi illustrates the daily prejudice and discrimination experienced by Muslims and Arabs in modern American society. Drawing from his personal history, Tou ... more
View book details£21.00 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781770093638 | ISBN 10: 177009363x
Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent features the work of more than 85 artists from 25 countries on the African continent and the Diaspora. Considered to be the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe, it includes ... more
View book details£16.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780954702311 | ISBN 10: 095470231x
This unique book published 11 years after ETS’s death will rekindle an awareness of the cultural dynamism, activism and Diasporic connections that Efua Theodora Sutherland achieved through her lifetime’s work. Efua Sutherland, Ghana-born ed ... more
View book details£19.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904915263 | ISBN 10: 1904915264
China Everyday! provides a fascinating and revealing insight into a culture and a history that still remains enigmatic to audiences the world over. China Everyday! documents the commonplace, everyday items of contemporary Chinese culture through stun ... more
View book details£26.50 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781919855387 | ISBN 10: 1919855386
Images of Defiance is a visual record of grassroots mobilisation and resistance, of the struggle to shatter the silence imposed by massive state repression. This book of posters celebrates the Congress movement and the principles it has fought so lon ... more
View book details£15.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781919930220 | ISBN 10: 1919930221
Africa is a fascinating place. It is home to millions of people who can only be described as masters of survival. Among them are remarkable individuals who have excelled in the most challenging of environments, from the deserts of Sahara to the highe ... more
View book details£20.00 paperback (1993) - ISBN 13: 9780853157830 | ISBN 10: 0853157839
Vanley Burke's photographs represent a sensitive portrayal of black people and their presence in the Midlands. From the inception of early black political pressure groups, to direct state confrontation, Vanley Burke has made a photographic record of ... more
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