- Title
- A tree cannot make a forest: looking inward, reaching out in African Art Studies
- Creator
- Fọlárànmí, Stephen
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/146090
- Identifier
- vital:38494
- Identifier
- https://0-doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.1162/afar_a_00453
- Description
- These proverbs from the Yorùbá of southwestern Nigeria and the Bemba of Zambia are a few examples that can be found in many Africa languages. While these proverbs are rich in philosophical sayings and muses, many are being forgotten because fewer and fewer people possess deep knowledge of languages, and in the arts, Africans tend to look to the Global North for theoretical frameworks to examine their art and other cultural properties. The title of this piece is therefore an identification with the potency of the proverbs because of the trends of collaboration that I have noticed in the last few years in African Art Studies. It could also be said to be a call to look into what could be shared within Global Souths in terms of an available knowledge base that could be used to forge ahead rather than subjecting thoughts and knowledge to the Global North.
- Format
- 8 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- african arts, Fọlárànmí, S., 2019. A Tree Cannot Make a Forest: Looking Inward, Reaching out in African Art Studies. african arts, 52(2), pp.1-7., african arts volume 52 number 2 1 7 May 2019 1937-2108
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- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the African arts Statement (https://0-www.jstor.org.wam.seals.ac.za/journal/africanarts)
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