Teacher Resources

Adler, Philip. World Civilizations. Minneapolis: West Publishing Company, 1996.

Anderson, Martha G. & Christine Mullen Kreamer. Wild Spirits Strong Medicine: African Art and the Wilderness. ed. Enid Schildkrout. New York: The Center for African Art, 1989.

The Art of West African Kingdoms. Washington, D.C.: Museum of African Art,
Smithsonian Institution, 1987.

Bourgeois, Jean-Louis. "The History of the Great Mosque of Djenne," African Arts 20,
no.3 (May 1987): 54-62, 90.

Carter, Sully. Ancient Mali: The Rise and Fall of a West African Empire. Montpelier Station, Virginia: Think Again Publishing, 2002. (E-mail address thinkagainpub@nexet.net)

Chu, E. and E. Skinner. Glorious Age in Africa: The Story of Three Great African Empires. Africa World Press, 1965.

Davidson, Basil. African Civilization Revisited. Trenton: African World Press, 1991.

Ellis, William S. Africa’s Sahel: The Stricken Land. National Geographic Society, 1997.

Hamdun, Said & Noel King. Ibn Battuta in Black Africa. Foreward Ross E. Dunn.
Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1994.

Imperato, Pascal James. Dogon Cliff Dwellers: The Art of Mali’s Mountain People. New
York: L. Kahan Gallery/African Arts, 1978.

Jackson, John. Introduction to African Civilizations. New Jersey: The Citadel Press, 1970.

Koslow, Philip. Centuries of Greatness. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995.

Lawson, Barbara Spilman. The West African Empire of Mali: A Virginia SOL Activity Book. Fun Stuff Publications, 2001.

"Mali," Faces. Volume 13, no. 6 (February 1997).

Mann, Kenny. Ghana, Mali, Songhay: The Western Sudan. Silver Burdett Press, 1995.

"Mansa Musa: King of Mali," Footsteps. Volume 1, no. 4 (September/October 1999): entire issue.

Martin, Phyllis, and Patrick O'Meara. Africa. 3rd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.

McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin Atlas of African History: New Edition. Hong Kong: Penguin Books, 1995.

McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick. The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1994.

McNaughton, Patrick. The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1988.

O’Halloran, Kate. Hands-on Culture of West Africa. Portland, Maine: J. Weston Walch, 1997.

Quigley, Mary. Ancient West Africa States: Ghana, Mali, Songhay (Understanding People of the Past). Heinnemann Publishers, 2002.

Roberts, Allen F. Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous. New York, Prestel, Munich: The Museum for African Art, 1995.

Robinson, Dindy. World Cultures Through Art Activities. Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1996.

Shillington, Kevin. History of Africa. New York: St. Martins Press, 1995.

Visona, Monica Blackmun. Robin Poyner, Herbert M. Cole, Michael D. Harris. A History of Art in Africa. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.

Willett, Frank. African Art: An Introduction. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995.

Woodward, Richard B. African Art: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1994. To order go to: http://stores.musictoday.com/store/product.asp?dept%5Fid=863&pf%5Fid=VMAM02B


Student Resources

Burns, Khephra. Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali. Harcourt Brace, 2001.

Koslow, Philip. Mali: Crossroads of Africa. Chelsea House, 1994.

Thompson, Carol. The Empire of Mali. Watts Franklin, 1998.

Wisniewski, David. Sundiata: Lion King of Mali. Clarion, 1992.