Tag: African Studies

Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens

November 30, 2009

The University of Minnesota Press has collaborated with International Arts & Artists to distribute Wendy A. Grossman’s Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens, which features more than 70 photographs by the American artist and uncovers a virtually unknown chapter in his inventive activities. An exhibit at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, is … More Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens

On NPR: Gay Life In Africa Met With Complexity

November 9, 2009

NPR’s Michel Martin has interviewed Neville Hoad, associate professor of English at the University of Texas-Austin and author of African Intimacies: Race, Homosexuality, and Globalization, about homosexuality and African culture. Says Martin: We wanted to know more about how homosexuality is viewed throughout the continent of Africa, and we learned that in most African countries, … More On NPR: Gay Life In Africa Met With Complexity