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Professor History of Art, DAAS, Museum Studies

• Affiliation(s)

  • Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

• Fields of Study

  • Visual cultures of Africa, museum studies

• About

  Scholarly interests include the interaction between West Africa and the cultures of the Middle East, the visual cultures of Africa, and museums. Current projects include working on a book manuscript dealing with contemporary icon production in the northern Ethiopian town of Axum.
  

• Education

  • PhD University of Washington

• Selected Publications:

• Books

  • (2005) Painting Ethiopia: The Life and Work of Qes Adamu Tesfaw
  • (1999) Ethiopia: Traditions of Creativity
  • (1989) Expressions of Africa: Selections from the Museum Collections of Michigan State University