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Ghana
Adler, Peter and Nicholas Barnard. African Majesty: The Textile Art of the Ashanti and Ewe. New York:
Thames and Hudson, 1992. [Reviewed in American Craft (New York) 53, no. 3 (June-July 1993): p. 28; Christopher D.
Roy in Choice (Middletown) 30, no. 7 (March 1993): p. 1128.]
Adler, Peter and Nicholas Barnard. "Asafo!" Hali: The International Magazine of Fine Carpets and Textiles
(London) 14, no. 5 (Oct. 1992): pp. 106-110.
Adler, Peter and Nicholas Barnard. Asafo! African Flags of the Fante. New York: Thames and Hudson,
1992. [Reviewed by George Nelson Preston, African Arts (Los Angeles) 26, no. 3 (July 1993): pp. 83-4; Anne Rogers in
Piecework (Loveland) 2, no. 3 (May-June 1994): pp. 92-93; Susan M. Olcott in Library Journal (New York) 117,
no. 8 (Nov. 1, 1992): p. 82.]
Anquandah, James. "Accra Plains, Dangmeland: A Case Study in the Eclectic Approach to Archaeological and
Historical Studies." Archaeology in Ghana (Legon) 3 (1992): pp. 1-8.
Anquandah, James. "Archaeological Investigation at Fort St. Jago, Elmina, Ghana." Archaeology in Ghana
(Legon) 3 (1992): pp. 38-45.
Anquandah, James. Castles & Forts of Ghana. Paris: Atalante and Accra: Ghana Museums & Monuments
Board, 1999.
Anquandah, James. Ethnoarchaeological Clues to Ghana's Great Past and a Greater Future?: A Public Lecture
Delivered on January 24, 1985. Monographs and Papers in African Archaeology 2. Legon: Dept. of Archaeology,
University of Ghana, 1985.
Anquandah, James. Koma-Bulsa: Its Art and Archaeology. Studi e Ricerche 14. Rome: Instituto italiano
per l'Africa e l'Oriente, 1998.
Anquandah, James. "A Preliminary Report on Archaeological Investigations at Adwuku Hill, Shai, 1990."
Archaeology in Ghana (Legon) 3 (1992): pp. 33-37.
Anquandah, James. Rediscovering Ghana's Past. Harlow, Essex: Longman; Accra: Sedco, 1982.
Antubam, Kofi. Ghana's Heritage of Culture. Leipzig: Koehler and Amelong, 1963.
Arts of Africa from the Hegarty Collection: An Exhibition at the Art Gallery, Harmon Fine Arts Center, Drake
University, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A., February 18 - March 15, 1990. Des Moines, IA: George Hegarty, 1990.
Asamoah-Yaw, Ernest. Kente Cloth: Introduction to History. New York: Ghanam Textiles Inc., 1992.
Bame, K.N. Come to Laugh: African Traditional Theatre in Ghana. New York: Lilian Barber, 1985.
Beltrami, Vanni. "Le sculture in terracotta del Komaland." Africa (Rome) 47, no. 3 (Sept. 1992): pp.
424-434.
Boji, T'Chai. "Paintings in Process: A Look at Picture-Making in the Work of Kofi Dawson." Bambolse
(Kumase) 1, no. 2 (Feb. 1992): pp. 5-6.
Bravmann, René A. "The Diffusion of Ashanti Political Art," in African Art and Leadership
edited by Douglas Fraser and Herbert M. Cole, pp. 153-72. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1972.
Brempong, Osei Tutu. "Abstracts of Recent B.A. and M.Phil Theses, Department of Archaeology, University of Ghana,
Legon." Archaeology in Ghana (Legon) 3 (1992): pp. 49-54.
Brempong, Osei Tutu. "The History and Archaeology of Kyerepong, Akuapem, c. 1550-1700 AD." Archaeology in
Ghana (Legon) 3 (1992): pp. 8-13.
Broggini, fillipo and romano Broggini. "Per un'ulteriore interpretazione delle terracotte del Komaland (nord-
Ghana)," in Dall'archeologia all'arte tradizionale africana/De l'archéologie à l'art traditionnel africain/From
Archaeology to Traditonal African Art: A cura di Gigi Pezzoli, pp. 51-63. Milano: Centro Studi Archeologia Africana,
1992.
Casey, Joanna. "the Kintampo Complex in Northern Ghana: Recent Results from the Gambaga Escarpment."
Archaeology in Ghana (Legon) 3 (1992): pp. 18-23.
Campbell, Eva. Provoking Thoughts: An Exhibition of Painting & Drawings by Eva Campbell. Accra:
N.P., 1992.
Campkin, Ben. "Ornament from Grime: David Adjaye's Dirty House, the Architectural 'Aesthetic of Recycling' and the
Gritty Brits." The Journal of Architecture (London) 12, no. 4 (Sept. 2007): pp. 367-392.
Cole, Herbert M. and Doran H. Ross. The Arts of Ghana. Los Angeles, CA: Fowler Museum of Cultural
History, 1977.
"Contemporary Scenes." West Africa (London) 3905 (July 20-26, 1992): p. 1233.
Crowley, Daniel J. "Forowa: Ghanaian Brass Shea Butter Boxes." Unpublished paper presented at the African
Studies Association, Philadelphia, 1972.
Crowley, Daniel J. "A Review of Sacred Stools of the Fanti (James Willis Gallery, San Francisco)."
African Arts 16, no. 4 (Aug. 1983): p. 74.
"Cut Florae and Faunae." Bambolse (Kumase) 1, no. 2 (Feb. 19-21, 1992): pp. 19-21.
Dadson, Nanabanyin. "A Fiesta in Kumasi." West Africa (London) 3915 (Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 1992): pp.
1620-1621.
Dantzig, Albert van. Forts and Castles of Ghana. Accra: Sedco Publishing, 1980.
David, René. "Le pouvoir hypnotique de l'or." Terre sauvage (Paris) 68 (Dec. 1992): pp. 80-90.
DeCorse, Christopher R. "Archaeological Research at Elmina." Archaeology in Ghana (Legon) 3 (1992): pp.
23-27.
DeCorse, Christopher R. "Culture Contact, Continuity, and Change on the Gold Coast, AD 1400-1900." African
Archaeological Review (Cambridge) 10 (1992): pp. 163-196.
Dennis, Ahiagble Bob. The Pride of Ewe Kente. Legon, Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2004.
Deveau, Jean-Michel. L'or et les esclaves: Histoire des forts du Ghana du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle. Collection Mémoire des Peuples, La route de l’Esclave. Paris: Karthala, 2005. [Reviewed by Jean Polet, review available online in Journal des africanistes 77, no. 1 (2007): pp. 155-157.]
Domian, Sergio. Architecture soudanaise: vitalite d'une tradition urbaine et monumentale: Mali, Cote-d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana. Paris: Harmattan, c1989.
Dzide, Dan. "Kente Fever." West Africa (London) 3877 (Jan. 6-12, 1992): p. 4.
Elmina: Art and Trade on the West African Coast. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian
Institution, 1992.
Ephson, Ben. "Central's Potential: Focus on Ghana Todscer." West Africa (London) 3899 (June 8-14, 1992):
pp. 974-975.
Farrar, Tarikhu. Building Technology and Settlement Planning in a West African Civilization: Precolonial Akan
Cities and Towns. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1996. [Reviewed online by Eric Ross on H-Net, available at
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3217875567020.]
Farrar, V. K. Tarikh. "Some Comments on Indigenous African Building Technology." Archaeology in Ghana
(Legon) 3 (1992): pp. 45-49.
Fox, C. "Asante Brass Casting." African Arts 19, no. 4 (1986): pp. 66-71.
Fraser, Douglas. "The Symbols of Ashanti Kingship," in African Art and Leadership edited by Douglas Fraser
and Herbert M. Cole, pp. 137-52. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1972.
Gaudibert, Pierre. L'art qui décoiffe: Vente du 4 novembre 1992. Paris: Binoche et Godeau, 1992.
Gluck, Julius. "Gold Coast Architecture." West African Review 15 (March 1944).
Grove, D. and L. Huszar. The Towns of Ghana. Ghana University Press, 1964.
Hyland, Anthony D. C. Fort St. Jago, Elmina, Ghana, Architectural and Engineering Report. Accra: CEDECOM,
1992.
Hyland, Anthony D. C. "Problems and Potentials: Architectural Conservation in Africa." Open House
International (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 17, no. 3-4 (1992): pp. 3-9.
Hyland, A. D. C., ed. Traditional Forms of Architecture in Ghana. Kumasi: University of Science and
Technology, 1975.
Kankpeyeng, Benjamin Warinsie. The Archaeology of Kpaliworgu: A Case Study of Culture Continuity and Change in
Northern Ghana Before 1900. Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2003.
Kense, François J. "Gambaga Archaeology Research Project." Archaeology in Ghana (Legon) 3 (1992): pp.
16-18.
Kense, François J. "Settlement and Livelihood in Mampurugu, Northern Ghana: Some Archaeological Reflections," in
An African Commitment: Papers in Honour of Peter Lewis Shinnie edited by Judy Sterner and Nicholas David, pp. 143-155.
Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1992.
Labi, Kwame Amoah. Institute of African Studies Museum. Legon, Ghana: The Institute of African Studies,
1992.
Labi, Kwame Amoah. "The Transformation of European Forts, Castles and Flags into Local Fante 'Asafo' Iconography."
Research Review (Legon) 22, n.s., no. 1 (2006): pp. 83-98.
Lisowski, Andrzej. "Functional Structure of Ghanaian Towns in 1970." Africana Bulletin 36 (1990): pp. 95-108.
Lloyd, John. "Ghana." In World Architecture 3, edited by John Donat. New York: The Viking Press, 1966.
Marc, Stephen. The Black Trans-Atlantic Experience: Street Life and Culture in Ghana, Jamaica, England, and
the United States. Chicago: Department of Photography, 1992.
Marles, Eric F. Mosques in Ghana. Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Field Report 1.
Legon: University of Ghana, 1967.
Mather, Charles Maurice. An Ethnoarchaeology of Kusasi Shrines, Upper East Region, Ghana. Ph.D.,
University of Calgary, 1999.
McCall, D. "A Lobi Woodcarving." African Arts 20, no. 1 (1986): pp. 77-9.
McLeod, Malcolm D. "Art and Archaeology in Asante," in Dall'archeologia all'arte tradizionale africana/De
l'archéologie à l'art traditionnel africain/From Archaeology to Traditonal African Art: A cura di Gigi Pezzoli, pp.
65-81. Milano: Centro Studi Archeologia Africana, 1992.
Munson, Patrick. "Archaeology and Pre-Historic Origins of Ghana." Journal of African History 21, no. 4 (1980).
Owusu-ansah, Nana J. V. New Versions of the Traditional Motifs. Kumase: Degraft Graphics and Publications,
1992.
Perrot, Claude-Hélène. "Objets européens en usage à Kumasi à la veille de la conquête anglaise d'après le
journal de Joseph-Marie Bonnat," in Actas/Renuião Internacional de História de Africa (1st: 1988 Lisbon, Portugal)
edited by Maria Emília Madeira Santos, pp. 129-133. Lisbon: Centro de Estudo de História e Cartografia Antiga, Instituto
de Investigão Cientifica e tropical, 1989.
"Pioneering Artist." West Africa (London) 3913 (Sept. 14-20, 1992): p. 1563.
Preston, George Nelson. "Perseus and Medusa in Africa: Military Art in Fanteland, 1834-1972." African Arts
(Los Angeles) 3, no. 3 (1975): pp. 36-39, 68-71, 91-92.
Prussin, Labelle. Architecture in Northern Ghana: A Study of Forms and Functions. Berkeley and Los
Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1969.
Prussin, Labelle. "Ghana." In World Architecture 4, edited by John Donat. London: Studio Vista, 1967: pp. 144-53.
Prussin, Labelle. "Indigenous Architecture in Ghana." Arts & Architecture 82, no. 12 (Dec. 1965): pp. 21-25.
Prussin, Labelle. "Traditional Asante architecture." African Arts 13, no.2 (1980): pp. 57-65, 78-82, 85-87.
Rattray, Robert. Religion and Art in Ashanti. London: Oxford University Press, 1927.
Ross, Doran H. "Artists Advertising Themselves: Contemporary Studio Facades in Ghana." African Arts 37,
no. 3 (Autumn 2004): pp. 72-79.
Ross, Doran H. Fighting With Art: Appliquéd Flags of the Fante Asafo. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural
History Pamphlet Series 1, no. 5. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1979.
Ross, Doran H. Gold of the Akan from the Glassell Collection. Houston, TX: Houston Museum of Fine Arts,
2002.
Ross, Doran H. "More Than Meets the Eye: Elephant Memories Among the Akan," in Elephant: The Animal and Its
Ivory in African Culture edited by Doran H. Ross, pp. 136-159. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History,
University of California, Los Angeles, 1992.
Ross, Doran H. Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Textile Series 2. Los
Angeles, CA: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1998.
Ross, Doran H. and Timothy F. Garrard. Akan Transformations: Problems in Ghanaian Art History. UCLA
Fowler Museum of Cultural History Monograph Series 21. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1983.
Rutter, Andrew F. "Ashanti Vernacular Architecture," in Shelter in Africa edited by Paul Oliver. New
York: Praeger, 1971.
Sackey, Catherine. "Asafo Flags Fly High." West Africa (London) 3922 (Nov. 16-22, 1992): p. 1991.
Sackey, Catherine. "Kente: The royalty of Mass Culture." West Africa (London) 3915 (Sept. 28-Oct.
4, 1992): p. 1646.
Sarpong, Peter. The Sacred Stools of the Akan. Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1971.
Schmidt, Stephan. "Cultural Influences and the Built Environment: An Examination of Kumasi, Ghana." Journal
of Urban Design (London) 10, no. 3 (Oct. 2005): pp. 353-370.
Schreckenbach, Hannah. "Wall Finishes for Earthen Walls, Based on Studies in Ghana." BASIN News (St.
Gallen) 1 (Jan. 1991): pp. 21-23.
Shinnie, Peter Lewis. "Radiocarbon Dates from Asante (Ghana) Sites." Nyame Akuma (Duluth) 38 (Dec. 1992):
pp. 28-29.
Sieber, Roy. "Kwahu Terracottas, Oral Traditions, and Ghanaian History," in African Art and Leadership
edited by Douglas Fraser and Herbert M. Cole, pp. 173-84. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1972.
Silver, Harry R. "Beauty and the 'I' of the Beholder: Identity, Aesthetics, and Social Change among the Ashanti."
Journal of Anthropological Research (Albuquerque) 35, no. 2 (Summer 1979): pp. 191-207.
Sinai, Irit. Housing Uses and Housing Choices in Kumasi, Ghana. Ph.D., U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.
Silverman, R.A. "Bono Brass Casting." African Arts 19, no. 4 (1986): pp. 60-4, 85.
See Simon. Housing in Ghana.
Smith, F.T. "Compound Entryway Decoration: Male Space and Female Creativity." African Arts 19, no. 3
(1986): pp. 52-8.
Stahl, Ann Brower. "The Culture History of the Central Volta Basin: Retrospect and Prospect," in An African
Commitment: Papers in Honour of Peter Lewis Shinnie edited by Judy Sterner and Nicholas David, pp. 123-142. Calgary:
University of Calgary Press, 1992.
Stahl, Ann Brower. "The Political Economy of the Banda Area, Brong-Ahafo, 1700-1925." Archaeology in Ghana
(Legon) 3 (1992): pp. 28-31.
Stahl, Ann Brower. "Valuing the Past, Envisioning the Future: Local Perspectives on Environmental and Cultural
Heritage in Ghana," in Culture and Development in Africa: Proceedings of an International Conference Held at the World
Bank, Washington DC, April 2 and 3, 1992 edited by Ismail Serageldin and June Taboroff, pp. 415-427. Washington, DC:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1992.
Sutton, John E. G. "Radiocarbon Results for Dawu & Ada-Azizanya." Archaeology in Ghana (Legon) 3
(1992): pp. 14-16.
Swithenbank, Michael. Ashanti Fetish Houses. Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 1969.
Tietmeter, Elisabeth, ed. Zwei Eisen im Feuer: Schmieden im Kulturvergleich. Münster: Landschaftsverband,
1992. [Reviewed by Till Förster in Tribus: Jahrbuch des Lindenmuseums (Stuttgart) 41 (1992): pp. 222-223.]
Vivian, Brian C. "Sacred to Secular: Transitions in Akan Funerary Customs,"in An African Commitment: Papers
in Honour of Peter Lewis Shinnie edited by Judy Sterner and Nicholas David, pp. 157-167. Calgary: University of
Calgary Press, 1992.
Young, Paulette Renee. Cloth that Speaks: African Women's Visual Voice and Creative Expression in Ghana.
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2004.
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