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A comprehensive guide to the continent's brightest stars - ARTnews The volume comes at a time when modern and contemporary African art is at the forefront of curatorial and collector efforts. - SixtySix Mag This volume makes a strong argument for the diverse mediums and messages coming out of the African continent. - Elle Decor

African Artists moves toward filling the hole in the Western record of the continent's creative output. - New York Times, Holiday Gift Guide A comprehensive guide to the continent's brightest stars. - ARTnews The volume comes at a time when modern and contemporary African art is at the forefront of curatorial and collector efforts. - SixtySix Mag This volume makes a strong argument for the diverse mediums and messages coming out of the African continent. - Elle Decor Essential. - Aesthetica A groundbreaking new book. - Red A stunning coffee-table title that is itself a substantial, gorgeous display. - Shelf Awareness Another terrific history-in-a-book from of Phaidon. - Chicago Tribune An insightful read for art novices and seasoned collectors alike. - New York Magazine's The Strategist One of the most expansive volumes of its kind. - Colossal Beautiful and illuminating. - Cool Mom Picks

African Artists moves toward filling the hole in the Western record of the continent's creative output. - New York Times, Holiday Gift Guide A comprehensive guide to the continent's brightest stars - ARTnews The volume comes at a time when modern and contemporary African art is at the forefront of curatorial and collector efforts. - SixtySix Mag This volume makes a strong argument for the diverse mediums and messages coming out of the African continent. - Elle Decor

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Conceived and edited by Phaidon editors. Chika Okeke-Agulu is Professor of African and African Diaspora Art at Princeton University. He is the author of several books including Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in Twentieth-Century Nigeria (2015), and is a co-editor of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. Joseph L. Underwoodis a scholar and curator whose research addresses the transnational networks of modern and contemporary African art, with an emphasis on artists from Senegal.

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