The African Archive - Beyond Colonization

Student Projects

Bongo Nyga (Mortuary Post)

Monet Butler

Ritual as Archive: Lega Moral Knowledge and Bwami Memory

Yoyo (Bingxue) Dong

Otojo Water Spirit Mask from the Ijo people of the Niger Delta

Veronica Chen & Peter Mallo

Ensnared - The Bird

Alexandra Umemoto

Image of 15th century Malian Djenné terracotta in crouching position and expressive face; hands are placed on the knees and the eyes and mouth are round and prominent.

Crouching Djenné Terracottas

Sanaa El-Amar Sisé

Bocio - "Empowered Spiritual Figures"

Joyce Gayo

Toma Small Horned Mask

Parvathy Ramesh

Ibibio Face Mask

Sam Braden

African Headrest

Giovanna Eley

Iginga - The Lega Pendant

Micaiah John

Speak to What Remains

Jessica Gayo

Forowa "Lidded Container"

Lauren Brown

My maker never intended me to fly and yet it´s what I am.

Barbara Seyerl

Bracelet, Possibly Djerma, 19th Century. Copper Alloy

Vincent Boucher

Zulu Beadwork Fragment

Lizzy Vian

Box with Swiveling Lid

Osgood Bender

Bes Jar

Lowan Lee

Sande Society Sowei (mask), Sierra Leone

Pierre Sanon

Pot with Seven Standing Figures

El Weinstein

Hand Cross (mäsqäl) 19th or 20th century

Carla Laguerre

Mende Horn and Silver Pendant

Lourdes Miller

The Ashanti Empire | Abrammuo: Geometric Goldweights and Spoon

Dina Pritmani

Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)

Sunena V. Maju