First published in the United Kingdom in 1999 as Contemporary African Art
by Thames & Hudson Ltd, 181A High Holborn, London WC1V 7QX
First published in 2000 in paperback in the United States of America by Thames
and Hudson Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110
This new edition published in 2020
ISBN 978-0-500-29359-1
Contemporary African Art © 1999 and 2020
Thames & Hudson Ltd, London
Text by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
This electronic version first published in 2020 in the United Kingdom by
Thames & Hudson Ltd, 181A High Holborn, London WC1V 7QX
This electronic version first published in 2020 in the United States of America by
Thames & Hudson Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110
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