Echoes of the Ancestors; a turquoise goddess distracted by her grievance. The photograph is riveting but also unsettling; you can feel her itch to break loose of the frozen pose her frame keeps her in ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: More jobs and no 'nuisance taxes' - Ghanaians' great expectations A love letter to attiéké, Ivory Coast's ...

cowries have been used in some parts of Africa. The cowrie is the most widely and longest used currency in history. 1,000 BC: First Metal Money and Coins Bronze and Copper cowrie imitations were ...

On view at the New Orleans Museum of Art from April 4 through August 10, the exhibition will then embark on parallel tours to venues in North America and Africa.

The Five Cowries 'Furanni' programme is an innovative ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over ...

It was one of the most important market centres in West Africa, where kola ... slave market where humans were sold or exchanged for cowries. Ibrahim Jamal, a cultural officer at the Salaga ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde Bd. 49, 2003 Cowries, Gold and 'Bitter Money' Gold-Mi ...