Pre-Colonial
The Iron Age of West Africa
Smelting traditions of the Nok and Ife, archived through scholarly partnership with the National Museum of Lagos and the IFAN collections in Dakar.
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13th – 16th century
Bronze of Benin
A study of the Royal Court bronzes of the Edo people — material, technique and the cultural memory of the lost-wax tradition.
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The Indigo Routes
From Kano to Bamako to the Sahel — indigo-dyed cloth as currency, ceremony, language and resistance.
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Master Weavers of Bonwire
An ongoing oral and visual archive of the Asante kente lineage — recorded in collaboration with master weaving households.
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Cinema of Independence
Restored fragments and accompanying scholarship from the first generation of post-independence African filmmakers.
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The Pottery of Lalibela
Black-burnished earthenware from the Ethiopian highlands — documented at source, with the women who continue the tradition.
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