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The eastern plateau of South Africa, known as the Highveld, is dotted with the ruins of numerous stone towns founded at the end of the Middle Ages.
A bewildering variety of currencies circulated freely in the various states and societies of Africa during the pre-colonial period.
A century before Mansa Musa’s famous pilgrimage, the political and cultural landscape of medieval West Africa was dominated by the empire of Kānem.
Up to 90% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s material cultural legacy is kept outside of the continent, according to a French government-commissioned 2018 report by Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr and French historian Bénédicte Savoy.
No single body of primary sources in the literary heritage of West Africa has attracted as much attention and attained as much celebrity as the fabled manuscripts of Timbuktu.
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The names of almost 2,000 ancient Egyptian gods are known today. It is difficult to imagine how one culture could have worshipped so many deities. But ancient Egyptian culture was far from unified; every local community had its own gods. After the unification of Egypt, the pharaohs attempted to impose some alignment. This meant […]
Between 1965 and 1967 Stephen Shore was at The Factory in New York City taking pictures of Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) and his ‘superstar’ friends. Shore, who first met Warhol when he was 17, shows us the likes of Edie Sedgwick, Lou Reed and Warhol himself working and hanging out. … Continue reading "Andy Warhol and His Superstars by Stephen Shore" The post Andy Warhol and His Superstars by Stephen Shore appeared first on Flashbak.
Raphael was one of the four greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance. A contemporary of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he shaped Renaissance culture and its visual language. He was one of the architects of the St. Peter’s Basilica, the designer of the Sistine Chapel tapestries, and a popular artist in high demand. Read […]
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