The art of Mali takes many diverse forms, but it all celebrates the bonds of the communities that create it.
13th century - present
The art of Mali takes many diverse forms, but it all celebrates the bonds of the communities that create it.
13th century - present
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A heroic effort to save and preserve Mali's long manuscript tradition.
Are these little-understood figures representations of diseased people, or an attempt to ward off illness?
Studio photography produced mementos for the growing middle class: Keïta’s Bamako studio was abuzz with clients.
Intended to intimidate, this headdress was used by a member of the powerful Kumo society of blacksmiths.
These headdresses celebrate the divine Ci Wara, half man and half antelope, who introduced humans to agriculture.
Kanaga masks were traditionally worn during the dama, a six-day long funerary ritual for Dogon men.
This hunched figure is a large part of the material record of an egalitarian society that disappeared around 1400.
Is this a couple, or could this pair relate to a story from Dogon cosmology?
The largest mud-built structure in the world, the Great Mosque of Djenné has been reconstructed multiple times.
The everyday experience of a woman is the subject of...