Metalworking in Africa South of the Sahara An Annotated Bibliography

Subjects:

• Anthropology » Archaeology
• History » African History
• Multicultural Studies » African Studies

Reviews:

• Lawal's welcome and important reference work contributes to a rapidly growing research field in Afircan studies. Focusing on metalworking, the compiler casts her net widely, treating technical and social aspects of metals and metal objects and citing sources both primarily and peripherally concerned with aspects of the subject. Understanding the complex of metallurgy, trade, and the ideology of power has been essential to recent historical reinterpretations of complex societies in Africa... Highly recommended for research libraries.
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  Choice
• The result is that METAL WORKING IN AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA...is a treasure of information on the metalworker's art over a wide expanse of the african continent.
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  Blacksmith's Gazette
• the topics covered include the orgins, spread, mining, smelting, smithing, use, functions, aesthetics, significance, and impact of various metals and their alloys on African culture. Most ealier bibliographies covered specific metals, such as gold, or were not annotated; thus Lwaal makes a significant scholarly contribution bt being more comprehensive. Lawal has done a commendable job, one that no electronic search of numerous databases could equal.
  —ARBA

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa
• West Africa
• Western Sudan
• Western Guinea Coast
• Eastern Guinea Coast
• Central Africa
• Southern Africa
• Republic of South Africa and Madagascar
• East Africa
• Index