Butabu, Adobe Architecture of West Africa  •  Suzanne Preston Blier  •  James Morris ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 216 PAGES • COMING IN A photographic survey of adobe buildings throughout West Africa, including the great mosque at Djenne (the largest mud building in the world), ordinary houses and huts, arches, domes, colonnades, grillwork and other architectural feats. The book covers a wide geographic scope, taking in Mali and Niger but also astounding villages of Burkina Faso. The accompanying 25-page essay Blier covers the history, technology and cultural significance of adobe in West Africa. With 175 black-and-white and color photographs. (WAF70, $50.00)
Nomads of Niger  •  Carol Beckwith  •  Marion Van Offelen CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1993 •  HARD COVER  • 224 PAGES • COMING IN Carol Beckwith has made a name for herself photographing the peoples of Africa. For this extended photographic essay, she traveled among the Wodaabe nomads of central Niger for a year and a half, giving her intimate access to the daily life of a family of cattle herders. Marion Van Offelen provides the text accompanying Beckwith's marvelous photos. (WAF52, $29.98)
African Art, An Introduction  •  Frank Willett ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES A concise, well illustrated overview of the art and culture of Africa, portraying the range of spectacular art produced throughout the ages. (AFR18, $18.95)