Table des matières

Emmanuelle Spiesse et Laurent Fourchard

Foreword

Aderonke Adesanya

Old Wine, New Wineskin: The Woodcarvings of the Fàkéye of Ìlá-Òràngún

• Family history
• Sea-bound rivers re-call the echoes of the mountain
• Old moons insist on the advent of new skies
• Conclusion

Chike Aniakor

Towards New Transformations of Idiom: Art, a Terrain of Creative De/Construction East of the Niger River

• The popular artist
• The professional academic artist
• Of the popular artist and his themes
• Technique and imagery
• Of the academic artist/ media and their themes
• Production technique
• Conclusion

Peju Layiwola

Gnosis and the Transmission of Knowledge: The Example of the Brass Casters’ Guild in Benin

• Acquisition of divine knowledge
• Mode of learning within the guild system
• The new workshop experience
• The art school experience

Pat Oyelola

Boosting the Image: Art Galleries and Art Journal Publishing in Nigeria

• Journal publishing and art galleries in pre-1960 Nigeria
• Art galleries post-1960
• Art journal publishing in Nigeria

Emmanuelle Spiesse

Pat Oyelola (trad.)

Lagos : A City Under Siege (The Works and Words of Lagos Artists)

• Godwin Adesoye: when youthful enthusiasm rejects the inertia of a city
• Nkechi Nwosu Igbo: beyond the silence of a woman
• Olu Amoda: sculptor of fear