5/24/2023 0 Comments Robert farris thompson books![]() It is that generation that was active in North American academia at the time. We chose to limit our study to these “ancestors” for several reasons. It was a time marked by the end of the colonial era in Africa and the beginning of African independence. ![]() 2 However, for this issue in celebration of the fifty years of African Arts, we limit our discussion to individuals who were working fifty years ago and the preparation of their students-the precise time African Arts made its appearance. ![]() 1 Another set of antecedents includes those European colonial officers, missionaries, and eventually scholars, who provided a wealth of information in colonial reports, travel writing, mission accounts, academic papers, publications, and other sources that formed a strong foundation on which to build our investigations of the arts of Africa. We are indebted to generations of African elders who not only passed information from one generation to the next but also shared their knowledge with those who visited their communities inquiring about the art, performances, rituals, and practices they created. We recognize our predecessors from many places and over great spans of time. ![]() ![]() In this issue of African Arts, several elders have chosen to remember, through different means, those who paved the way for our own explorations of the histories of the African arts-our academic ancestors. ![]()
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