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• Adams, Monni. "Fon Appliquéd 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, pp. 335-55. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989.
• Blier, Suzanne Preston. "Razing the Roof: The Imperative of Building Destruction in Danhomé (Dahomey)," in Structure and Meaning in Human Settlements edited by Tony Atkin and Joseph Rykwert, pp. 165-184. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2005.
• 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): pp. 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): pp. 115-134.
• Brasseur, Gérard. "Un type d'habitat au Bas-Dahomey." Bulletin 14: pp. 669-676.
• Cafuri, Roberta. "Il Palazo Reale di Porto-Novo: il labirinto come simbolo del potere." Africa: Instituto Italo-Africano 49, no.4 (1994): pp. 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• Crowley, Daniel J. "Fon Brass Tableaux as Historical Documents."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.
• Cutter, Charles H. and Labelle Prussin "Style, Status and Authority: Architecture and Politics in Two West African Societies." Unpublished Paper for the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 16-19, 1968.
• da Cunha, Marianno Carneiro and Pierre Verger. Da senzala ao sobrado: arquitetura brasileira na Nigéria e na República Popular do Benim. São Paulo: Nobel; EDUSP, 1985.
• De Benedetti, Carla. "Moschee d'Africa." Domus (Milan) 685 (Feb. 1985): pp. 30-37.
• "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.
• Gabus, Jean. Rapport de la Mission Jean Gabus, 21 mars au 11 avril 1964. Paris: UNESCO, 1964.
• 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.
• Hallen, Barry. "Afro-Brazilian Mosques in West Africa." Mimar 29 (1988): pp. 16-23.
• Houseman, Michael, Xavier Crepin, Christiane Massy, and Blandine Legonou. "Note sur la structure évolutive d'une ville historique: L'exemple d'Abomey (République populaire du Bénin)" Cahiers d'études africaines 26, no. 4, issue 104 (1986): pp. 527-546.
• Kelly, Kenneth. "Indigenous Responses to Colonial Encounters on the West African Coast: Hueda and Dahomey from the Seventeenth through Nineteenth Century," in The Archaeology of Colonialism edited by Claire L. Lyons and John K Papadopoulos, pp. 96-120. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Trust, 2002.
• Leurquin-Tefnin, Anne. "Eshu l'insaisissable." Arts d'Afrique noire 36 (Winter 1980): pp. 26-37.
• Lombard, J. "The Historical Museum at Abomey Dahomey/Le musée historique d'Abomey Dahomey." Museum 9, no. 1 (1956): pp. 61-65.
• Merlo, Christian. "Ibedji, hohovi, venavi: Les statuettes rituelles de jumeaux en civilisation beninoise." Arts d'Afrique noire 22 (Summer 1977): pp. 16-31.
• 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.
• Passé, présent et futur des palais et sites royaux d'Abomey. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Trust, 1999.
• Piqué, Francesca and Leslie H. Rainer Palace Sculptures of Abomey: History Told on Walls. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Trust, 1999.
• 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.
• Tognimassou, Gérard. "Afro-Brazilian Architecture: A Mixed Heritage." Africa 2009 Newsletter (Grenoble) 4 (July 2004): p. 13.
• 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): ????.