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The art of assemblagearticle 2004 • Blier, Suzanne Preston
Fon • Africa > Western Africa
This document argues that Dahomean art forms are not characterized by common, ethnically-shared, cultural expression. Instead, they constitute an assemblage of dissimilar styles historically borrowed from neighboring peoples and kingdoms. The documen...The path of the leopardarticle 1995 • Blier, Suzanne Preston
Fon • Africa > Western Africa
This article examines Danhomè (Dahomey) myths of dynastic origin, offering at once a critique and counter-narrative to the official dynastic history. Critical to this counter-narrative are the early women of the state, most importantly the mothers an...