Ancient African Art and Technology

·        Several ancient African tribes/peoples and countries are mentioned in the play because of their great impact on the world of art, technology, and war.  

·         Research how each of the following were prolific in art AND technology. Who were their leaders?  What were they known for?  

·         Produce/create an original replica of one of the tribe’s or countries’ works of art or technology.  

·         Include an MLA formatted Works Cited page for all information “borrowed.”

 

Bantu  -  Zulu  -  Ashanti(e)  -  Mali  -  Songhai(y)  -  Benin  -  Ghana  -  Nigeria  -  Ethiopia

  

 

Materials available from SBISD Campus Libraries   

 

These materials listed below may be shared across the district. Please contact you campus Librarian for details in how to obtain items from other campuses.

 

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Call #	TITLE	Available at:	NOTES
P 759 C	Learning about Ancient Civilizations through Art	RCE	Benin art
Kit 709 GLE	ArtTalk: Fine Art Prints	WAIS	Includes Benin example
966.9 SHE	Great African Kingdoms	LMS	Includes Benin, Zulu
968.7 N	The Zulus	HCE, TFE
781.6 C	Songs & Tales of the Dark Continent	SBEC	Includes Zulus
92 SHA	Shaka, King of the Zulus	SBEC, many ele.	war chief, military genius
398.2 A	African Myths & Legends	VOE	Includes Ashanti
732.2 S	African Sculpture	SBEC	details for Ashanti, Nigeria
398.6 C	Hat-Shaking Dance & oher Tales of the Gold Coast	SWMS	Ashanti, Ghana examples
391 C	Kente Colors	HME, SWE, SBE, TWE	Ashanti, other Ghana peoples
966.52 M	Oyo, Benin, Ashanti: The Guinea Coast	CBE, RGE
398.2 M	Spider Weaver: Legend of Kente Cloth	HME, TWE, VOE	Ashanti
780.96 P	Talking Drums of Africa	NHE	Ashanti, Ghana
966.23 B	Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu	WAIS	Mali
966.2 THO	Empire of Mali	LMS
966.2 ARM	Ghana, Mali, Songhay	HCE
966.23 O	Mali in Pictures	WAIS	older ed.: BKE, NHE
966.2081 M	Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, & Songhay: Life in Medevial Africa	NMS
932 M	Egypt, Kush, Aksum: Northeast Africa	HCE	Ethiopia history
963 K	Ethiopia: The Roof of Africa	BHE
932 J	Glorious Past...Ancient Ethiopia	WAIS
896 H	Poems from Black Africa...Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria...	NHS, SHS
398.21 LAI	When the World Began: Stories Collected in Ethiopia	SWE	Legends
398.2 W	Dancing Palm Tree & Other Nigerian Folktales	NMS, SBE	older ed.: SFMS, HME, SSE
305.8 OBA	Ethnic Groups in Africa	SWHS, MMS	Includes Nigeria
966.9 BRO	Focus on Nigeria	SFMS, SOMS
305.48 N	Life Among the Ibo Women of Nigeria	WAIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription Resources:  Restricted to SBISD. Password information is available from campus librarians.

 

Discovery Education videostreaming

African Culture: Drumming & Dance - Ashanti music examples

African Culture: Custom and Dress - Ashanti, Ghana examples

Greatest Journeys on Earth: South Africa Freedom Songs - The Zulu Kingdom segment

 

Facts on File Bloom's Literary Reference Center

Parchment Makers: Ancient Art in Modern Day Ethiopia 

 

ABCCLIO Ancient World History - use Search box with keywords

Eras: Africa, 3000 B.C. - A.D. 1500 - several appropriate topics

 

 

Need help with your topic? 

 

 

Online resources include:

 

Art History of Sub-Saharan Africa - tribal, primitive, ethnic, ritual. Includes maps.

African Art, Crafts & Masks - art pieces for sale, but there are explanations and history of the pieces.

Merton Simpson Gallery - Specializes in Benin art. Has a close-up viewer where some objects can be viewed for details.

African Timeline of Art - NY Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes Ethiopia, Mali, Ghana, Benin

National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian  collections 

Arts of Nigeria

African Tribes - The Ashanti

African Tribes - The Ibo of Nigeria

African Tribes - The Yoruba of Nigeria & Benin

African Tribes - Zulus

Teacher's (or Others') Guide to African Art - helpful questions to think about when looking at art pieces.

 

 

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