Introduction
This slide lecture was
first presented at the University of North Carolina
at Asheville during the 1998 ABANA conference in
conjunction with the exhibition of forged metal
work from areas south of the Sahara Desert in
Africa. A hard copy catalogue
of the exhibit can be obtained for your personal
collection.
"I am indebted to the
anthropologists, historians, and archaeologists
whose research and subsequent publications
have made information on metal work in Africa
accessible to me. Sharing the life and work of the
blacksmith in this presentation would have been
impossible were it not for their thorough field
work and continuous inquiry".
- Tom Joyce
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