Description: Leading Yoruba scholars and artists show how to and how not to understand the art of an African culture.
Brief description: Barry Hallen has been Reader in Philosophy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Fellow and Associate, Du Bois Institute, Harvard University; Professor of Philosophy, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia.
Review Quotes: "The book synthesizes Barry Hallen's influential contributions to Yorùbá philosophy, presenting Yorùbá art as ethically grounded, community-oriented and linguistically informed, with profound metaphysical and religious significance. It maintains that meaningful Yorùbá art criticism demands deep cultural training, challenging outsider assumptions that art interpretation is universally accessible." --Canadian Journal of African Studies