Midterm 1 Flashcards
Western Sudan
Niger River runs through, primarily rural with faming towns, mostly in centralized political system
Dogon, Mali
Country of Dogons, tourism is a big industry, built early villages on top of bandigara escarpment providing protection, rely heavily on farming
Hogon
Religious leader of Dogon community (priest), responsible for all religious activities of the region
Awa
Male mask society, organizes funerals (perform rituals pertaining to death), use great mask
Kenaga Mask
Represent both female and male spirit, most common mask, lizard, carved by Awa initiates
Walu
Geometric animal masks, used in ceremonies to commemorate deaths
Omono
Monkey mask, monkeys represent trickery and wickedness
Satimbe
Mask with face of woman, depicts vasigine women
Master of Ogol
Dogon artist, made female funerary figures
Tellem
Predecessors of Dogon, no one is certain about what happen to them
Sigi
Celebration that occurs every 60 years, great masks are used, commemorates the arrival of death among humankind
Dama
Funeral where masks perform and free the souls of the dead, 6 day ritual
Griaule
Studied the Dogon in the 30s-50s, criticized for being inconsistent in his research
Primitive
First or earliest
Tribal
Africans have a large amount of people in their nations
Ethnic
Too broad, doesn’t define anything, almost all art is ethnic
Black
Not every African is black
Negro
not all Africans are black and the word is not used anymore
Exotic
Multiple meanings
Non-Western
Too broad, similar to how ethnic is used
Mossi
Live in Burkina Faso, Best known for wooden dolls, language is Moore
Mossi and diversity
Several Mossi peoples, several styles of art (3 major styles), group of farmers conquered and formed Mossi (collective group of people)
French and Mossi
French forces often attacked → people of village can move to different area with different chief
Lobi are from
Burkina faso
