Narrative Wisdom and African Arts

"Narrative Wisdom and African Arts explores ways in which historical and contemporary African arts make visible narratives rooted in collective and individual memory and knowledge. Historical works made by artists across sub-Saharan Africa during the 13th to 20th centuries dialogue with contemporary works by African artists working around the globe. Acknowledging intersections between certain historical arts and oral traditions, Narrative Wisdom and African Arts surveys assorted visual modes and motives of arts that facilitate, document, reinforce, or critique narratives concerning the legitimacy of leaders, memory of place, prescriptions for healing and destiny, and enduring ancestral wisdoms"--