Metalworking in Africa South of the Sahara - An Annotated Bibliography

The knowledge and use of metals has played an important role in the evolution of many African cultures. This bibliography brings together, in one volume, publications on the origins, spread, mining, smelting, smithing, use, functions, aesthetics, significance, and impact of various metals and their alloys on African cultures. Covering African metallurgy from the African Iron Age to the present, this guide is a useful reference tool for archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, history, art, and religion.

Arranged geographically by country, the volume is fully annotated and includes both printed and electronic sources.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa
West Africa
Western Sudan
Western Guinea Coast
Eastern Guinea Coast
Central Africa
Southern Africa
Republic of South Africa and Madagascar
East Africa
Index

About the author

IBIRONKE O. LAWAL is Coordinator of Branch Science Libraries at the University of Virginia, Science and Engineering Libraries.

Product details

• Authors: Ibironke Lawal, Ibironke O. Lawal
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.1995
• EAN: 9780313293245
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29324-5
• Series: African Special Bibliographic Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Cultural Studies, Africa, Decorative arts, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, ART / African, DESIGN / Decorative Arts, ART / Techniques / Printmaking, Art techniques & principles, Prints & printmaking, Metals technology / metallurgy, The Arts: techniques and principles, Prints and printmaking, Bibliographies, catalogues, Iron, Steel & Metals Industries, Iron, steel and other metal industries, Geography and World Cultures