My favorite African artist is Hannah Baldwin, a woman more renowned for her work with U.S. A.I.D. and Peace Corps. The first four pictures displayed here are photos of her work.
and a bag designed and created by Hannah
Other examples of art that we saw in our travels in West Africa:
Wall hangings: the first one is the Dogon symbol for man
Paintings on glass
In Sevare, Mac took us to the bead museum to look at all the collections:
the art of dogon country
We visited an art museum in the town of Segou (midway between Bamako and Sevare). The museum is called Espace Bajidala, Centre d’art Contemporain a Segou. The exhibit we saw was of the masks and marionettes of Mali. Here are my favorites:
Our chauffeur and friend, Bamansa, admiring a marionette:
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