Film of Tuareg silver smith making a cross
Achmatta top smith in Agadez makes a cross on film
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Ancient Islamic beads excavated in Mali
I’ve become quite fascinated by beads recently, particularly ancient beads as some of my African dealers have offered them to me.
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Interview with the London Tribal Fair 2019
In 2013 I went on a sabbatical to rural Morocco. I needed a change in my life. I was practicing as an artist and its a tough sector....
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Head ornament of the Ait Atta tribes of the Moroccan South
Kezhia Fields wearing a headdress from the Ait Atta tribes of the Moroccan south. It would normally be worn as part of an elaborate ...
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Finding Djaba
Arriving in Niger was a wake up call. Its bewildering, very deprived and as a ‘blanc’ or white as I kept being referred to, I was a...
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Sex symbolism in the art and jewellery of tribal peoples
One of the things that has always intersted me is that in tribal cultures the female form is used. Fecundity or fertility is celebrated,...
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