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Article: The Shattered Gourd: Yoruba Forms in Twentieth Century American Art.(Book Review)
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- African Arts
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- June 22, 2005
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The Shattered Gourd Yoruba Forms in Twentieth Century American Art by Moyo Okediji New York: University of Washington Press, 2003. 202 pp., 46 black and white photos. $40 hardcover.
This is a study of the history of the ways in which modern and contemporary African American artists have drawn, through their art, from Yoruba culture to express their feelings and reactions to their lives in the United States. To do this, Okediji employs two main concepts: counter-hegemony, the artistic reaction to the oppression of African Americans, the active resistance to white domination and racism; and auto-hegemony, art which is oriented towards healing and self-development. ...