Democratic Republic of Congo - Working Bibliography

Art

Washburn, Dorothy K. Style, Classification, and Ethnicity: Design 
Categories on Bakuba Raffin Cloth. The American Philosophical Society: 
Independence Square, Philadelphia. 1990.

Detroit Institute of Arts, Introductory Essay by, Nii O. Quarcoopome. 
African Form and Imagery - Detroit Collects. Detroit Institute of Arts	
Founders Society: Detroit. 1996.

Edited by, Gustaaf Versauijver, Els De Palmenaer, Vivian Baeke, and 
Anne-Marie Bouttiaux-Ndiaye. Masterpieces from Central Africa. 
Prestel-Verlag Press: Munich. 1996.

Roberts, Mary Nooter. Facing Africa - The African Art Collection of the 
Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo Museum of Art Press: Toledo, Ohio.1998.

Woodward, Richard. African Art - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Carter 
Printing Inc.: Richmond, Virginia. 1994.

Wassing, Rene S. African Art - Its Background and Traditions. Harry N. 
Abrams, Inc.: New York, NY. 1968.

Perani, Judith and Smith, Fred T. The Visual Arts of Africa - Gender, 
Power and Life Cycle Rituals. Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River: New 
Jersey. 1998.

Biebuyck, Daniel. The Arts of Zaire - Volume I South Western Zaire. 
University of California Press: Berkeley, California. 1985.

Blier, Suzanne Preston. The Royal Arts of Africa - The Majesty of Form. 
Perspectives Harry N. Abrams Inc.: New York, NY. 1998.

Hoover, F. Louis. African Art - Illinois State University. Illinois 
State University Press:	Illinois. 1974.

Roberts, Allen F. and Mary Nooter. Memory - Luba Art and the Making of	
History. Snoeck -Ducaju and Zoon: Belgium. 1996.

Kinshasha - Walls that Speak. By Philippe Parisel and Lelo Nzuzi. 
African Arts: V. 28, pp 44-55: Summer. 1995.

Documenting the Cultures of Southern Zaire - Photographs of the Torday	
Expedition 1900-1909. By John Mack. African Arts: V. 24, pp 60-69:	
October. 1991.

Luluwa Masks. By Constantine Petrids. African Arts: V32, pp 32-47: 
Fall. 1999.

Contemporary Art

Brett, Guy. Through Our Own Eyes. New Society Publishers: Philadelphia, 
Pa. 1986.

Cole, Herbert. Icons - Idols and Power in the Art of Africa. 
Smithsonian Institution	Press: Washington, DC. 1989.

Jewsiewicki, Bogumil. Cheri Samba - The Hybridity of Art. Galerie Amrad 
African Art Publications: Canada. 1995.

Fabian, Johannes. Remembering the Present - Painting and Popular 
History in Zaire. University of California Press: Berkeley. 1996.

Cheri Samba, Musee de Arts d'Afrique et d' Oceanie, Paris, Exhibit. By 
Dana Mouton Cibulski. Art Papers: V. 21, pp 68: Nov/Dec. 1997.

Annina Nosei Gallery, NY, Exhibit. By Joshua Decter. Arts Magazine: V. 
66, pp 79: February. 1992.

Blurring the Boundaries: Installation Art 1969-1996 at the San Jose 
Museum of Art. By Amy Berk. Art Week: V. 31, No 7/8, pp 16-17:July/Aug. 
2000.

Alfredo Jaar: Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art. By Anne Barclay Morgan. 
Sculpture: V.18, No 10, pp  63-64: December. 1999.

New York: Alfredo Jaar at Lelong exhibit. By Lilly Wei. Art in America: 
V. 86, No 12, pp 93-94: December. 1998.

http://www.groveart.com

Music

Akeim, Curtis and Schildkrout, Enid. African Reflections - Art from 
North Eastern Zaire. American Museum of Natural History Press: Japan. 
1990.

The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance. Tokyo: JVC, Victor	
Company of Japan, 1988: Cambridge, MA: Rounder Records.

Africa Never Stand Still. Roslyn, NY: Ellipsis Arts, p 1994.

http://www.grovemusic.com.

http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibits/mbuti/brochure.html.

http://www.afromix.org/disco/pays/zaire/index.edu.

http://www.afropop.org/explore/glossary.html

History

Roth, H. M. and others. Zaire - A Country Study. The American 
University Press: Washington, DC. 1979.

Turnbull, Colin M. The Lonely African. Simon and Schuster: New York, 
NY. 1968.

Kerney, Lana. Mboka - A Congo Memoir. Crown Publishers: New York, NY. 
1972.

Leslie, Winsome J. Zaire - Continuity and Change in an Oppressive 
State. Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado. 1993.

Turnbull, Colin. The Forest People. Simon and Schuster, Inc. New York, 
NY. 1968.

Grinker, Roy Richard. Houses in the Rain Forest - Ethnicity and 
Inequality Among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa. University of 
California Press: Berkley, California. 1994.

Mudimbe, VY. Parables and Fables - Exegesis, Textuality, and Politics 
in Central Africa. University of Wisconsin Press: Wisconsin. 1991.

Bradford, Phillips Verner and Blume, Harvey. Ota Benga - The Pygmy in 
the Zoo. St Martins Press; New York, NY. 1992.

Womersley, Harold. Legends and History of the Luba. Crossroads Press: 
Los Angeles, California. 1984.