Benin

Adams, Monni. "Fon Applicquéd Cloths." African Arts (Los Angeles) 12, no. 2 (1980): pp. 28-41, 87-88.

Bernolles, J. "Note sur l'ornementation d'un chapeau Peul en usage dans la région de Djougou." Notes Africaines 98 (1963): pp. 47-50.

Blier, Suzanne Preston. The Anatomy of Architecture: Ontology and Metaphor in Batammaliba Architectural Expression. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Blier, Suzanne Preston. "Imagines mundi: narrative, ritual, and architectural exemplars of Batammaliba cosmology." Archaeoastronomy 10 (1987-1988): 37-53.

Blier, Suzanne Preston. "King Glele of Danhome, Part One: Divination Portraits of a Lion King and Man of Iron." African Arts (Los Angeles) 23, no. 4 (October 1991): pp. 42-53, 93-4.

Blier, Suzanne Preston. "King Glele of Danhome, Part Two: Dynasty and Destiny." African Arts (Los Angeles) 24, no. 1 (January 1991): pp. 44-55, 101-2.

Blier, Suzanne Preston. "Moral architecture: beauty and ethics in Batammaliba building design." In Dwellings, Settlements, and Tradition: Cross-Cultural Perspectives edited by Jean-Paul Bourdier and Nezzar AlSayyad, 335-55. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989.

Blier, Suzanne Preston. "Solar Plexus – Spatial Nexus: Batammaliba Architectural Dimensions of the Soul (Sonnengeflecht – Raumverflechtung: Die architektonischen Dimensionen der Seele bei den Batammaliba)." Daidalos 28 (June 15, 1988): 18-23.

Blier, Suzanne Preston. "Toward a history of Tamberma two-story architecture: origns, impetus, and factors of change." Iowa Studies in African Art 1 (1984): 115-134.

Brasseur, Gérard. "Un type d'habitat au Bas-Dahomey." Bulletin 14: 669-676.

Cafuri, Roberta. "Il Palazo Reale di Porto-Novo: il labirinto come simbolo del potere." Africa: Instituto Italo-Africano 49, no.4 (1994): 516-30.

Correira, J. Anacoreta. "O forte português de Ajudá na costa do Benim (subsídios para a sua bistória)." Boletim da Sociedade de Geografria de Lisboa (Lisbon) Series 108, vol. 7, no. 12 (1990): pp. 23-86.

Crowley, Daniel J. "Fon Brass Tableaux as Historical Documents." African Arts (Los Angeles) 20, no. 1 (1986): pp. 54-9.

"Fon Elephants," in Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture edited by Doran H. Ross, pp. 258-259. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992.

Froelich, J.-C. Scarifications Used Among Certain Tribes of Dahomey and Northern Togo. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Joint Publications Research Service, 1965.

Griaule, Marcel and Germaine Dieterlen. "Calebasses dahoméennes (Documents de la mission Dakar-Djibouti)." Journal de la Société des Africanistes 5, no. 2 (1935): pp. 203-246.

Migan, Gerard and Biby Daouda. the Glories of Ancient Benin. Videorecording. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Science, 1992.

Ouidah et son Patrimoine. Paris, Cotonou: ORSTOM, 1991.

Roberts, Allen F. "Chance Encounters, Ironic Collage." African Arts (Los Angeles) 25, no. 2 (April 1992): pp. 54-63, 97-98.

Roberts, Allen F. "Some Ironies of African Inovation: The Arts of Recycling and Recuperation," in Redefining the 'Artisan', Traditional Technicians in Changing Socieites: Papers from the First Conference on Artists, Artisans and Traditional Technologists in Development, April 14-16, 1989 edited by Paul Greenough with the assistance of Jackie Hogan, pp. 189-203. Iowa City: Center for International and Comparative Studies, University of Iowa, 1992.

Savary, Claude. "Une canne sculptée de l’Afrique de l’ouest.” Musées de Genève (Geneva) 319 (July-Aug. 1992): pp. 14-22.

Savary, Claude. "La divination: Un art du diagnostic," in Afriques magiques by Claude Savary, pp. 25-41. Geneva: Musée d'ethnographie de la ville de Genève, 1992.

Sinou, Alain. "Architectural and Urban Heritage: The Example of the City of Ouidah, Benin." Culture and Development in Africa, edited by Ismail Serageldin, et. al. World Bank: Washington, D.C., 1994: 289-312.

Sinou, Alain and Bachir Oloudé. Porto-Novo: ville d'Afrique noire. Collection architectures traditionnelles. Marseilles: Editions Parenthèses, 1988.

Sinou, Alain. "La valorisation du patrimoine architectural et urbain: l’example de la ville de Ouidah au Bénin." Cahiers des sciences humaines 29, no.1 (1993): 33-51.

Trojanowska, Alicja. “Scarification Among the Somba People from Atakora Mountains.” Hemispheres: Studies on Cultures and Societies (Warsaw) 7 (1992): pp. 115-119.

Vidal, Frédéric. "Les Bariba." Arts d'Afrique noire (Arnouville) 83 (Autumn 1992): pp. 12-14.

Vrignaud, Yann. “Porto-Novo.” Balafon (Paris) 102 (Feb.-March 1992): pp. 36-41.

Waterlot, E.G. "Les bas-reliefs des bâtiments royaux d’Abomey." Travaux et mémoires de l’institut d’ethnologie (1926): ????.

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