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)
Mande Potters and Leatherworkers, Art and Heritage in West Africa  •  Barbara Frank ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES • COMING IN A nicely illustrated scholarly cultural history of Mande-speaking craftspeople in West Africa. Dispersed throughout Mali and West Africa, Mande potters and leatherworkers form a distinct social class, where women make ceramics and the men work in leather. With 44 color and 144 black-and-white illustrations. (WAF61, $27.95)