1. Art and Culture in Contemporary Africa

2. Burkina Faso www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countries/africa/bf.htm

3. Mossi tribe of Burkina Faso  Tribe of over 3 million people  Largest in Burkina Faso  Gained independence from French in 1960.  Only tribe of inland west Africa to have a centralized government www.zyama.com/mossi/pics.htm www.sodemartsheel.com/burkinafa soimage1_painted_houses.htm

4. Introducing girls to Mossi art  The Bigga Doll www.zyama.com/mossi/pics..htm

5. The role of masks  Masks are used to honor the spirits of nature www.zyama.com/mossi/A349mossi.jpg www.zyama.com/mossi/S2M9M562.jpg

6. Bwa tribe of Burkina Faso  From central Burkina Faso  www.ethnix.com/Masks/CAT EGORY/Plank/bobobwa/05.ht ml

7. Bwa masks  Masks are used in ceremonies to represent spirits of ancestors and the connections between humans and animals store1.yimg.com/I/art98_1814_729 64437

8. Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria  Over ten million people in the Yoruba tribe  They are from Nigeria www.worldatlas.com/webimag e/countrys/africa/ng.htm

9. The Roll of Masks  Used to connect with the spiritual world  www.rebirth.co.za/images/Yoru ba_mask_EBR_2325.jpg

10. ERE IBEJI  Represents a twin child that has passed away www.randafricanart.com/images/c harm_1_.jpg www.randafricanart.com/images/t wins2_1_.jpg

11. Mende tribe www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/sl.htm

12. Nowo Mask  Used in ceremony of a young girls transition into a women  gallery.sjsu.edu/exhibits/african/afri caexhibit/imageswitharrows/mendem ask.html

13. References Yoruba Tribe  http://www.rebirth.co.za/yoruba_mask_history_meaning.htm http://www.rebirth.co.za/yoruba_mask_history_meaning.htm  http://www.randafricanart.com/Yoruba_Ibeji.html http://www.randafricanart.com/Yoruba_Ibeji.html Mende Tribe  www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Mende.html  gallery.sjsu.edu/exhibits/african/africaexhibit/imageswitharrows/mendemask.html Books  Art History (second edition) 2005, Peterson Education, Inc.,  Africa the Art of a Continent, Time Warner & Warner Brothers

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