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SUMMARY:Displaying the arts of the Benue River Valley\, Nigeria - Richard 
 Fardon\, School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:African Studies Seminar\, Lent 2013\nWest Africa Research Seri
 es\n\n*Displaying the arts of the Benue River Valley\, Nigeria*\n\nAn illu
 strated talk based on the exhibition “Nigeria\, Arts of the Benue Vallle
 y”\, currently at the Musée du Quai Branly\, Paris (open until Sunday 2
 7 January 2013).\n\nThis exhibition is the first to present a comprehensiv
 e overview of art produced by the many peoples inhabiting the region of Ni
 geria defined by the great Benue River\, the most important tributary of t
 he Niger.  The exhibition aims to offer an accurate perception of the dyna
 mic arts of this region\, which is the cradle of some of the most spectacu
 lar art forms produced in sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nPresenting more than 150 
 objects – sculptures and masks in wood\, pottery and metal drawn from pu
 blic institutions and private collections from the United States and Europ
 e – the selection invites the visitor to discover the artworks of this l
 ittle exhibited or studied region.  Following the course of the Benue Rive
 r in the footsteps of the first explorers\, the exhibition places the obje
 cts in their geographical context and explores their history and the conne
 ctions between the works of the different regions of the Benue valley.\n\n
 Richard Fardon (FBA) is co-curator of the exhibition.  He is also head of 
 the SOAS Doctoral School and Professor of West African Anthropology.  As a
 n anthropologist of Africa\, he is equally interested in past and present 
 anthropological theory\, and in the historical and contemporary ethnograph
 y of West Africa. \n
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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