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Issued in connection with an exhibition held Sept. 20, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and at the Rietberg Museum, Zürich, at later dates.
Visual poems in praise of an ever-present past: Ife terracottas
Pageantry and ritual: the Akan
Dancing figures and effigy thrones: Grassfield chiefdoms
The golden age of Shyáám and beyond: the Kuba
Of hunter princes and cherished maidens: the Chokwe and Luluwa
Sublime chiefs and the persistence of memory: the Hemba.
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Heroic Africans : legendary leaders, iconic sculptures by Alisa LaGamma. ISBN 9781588394323. Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.