Select Publications
• Encyclopedia of African and African American Artists: Artists of the American Mosaic. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2009.

• "Bittercomix: A South African Comic as an Indigenous Ethnography." Book review of Anne-Line Hennesen's book. African Arts v. 42 (Winter 2009) 88-89.

• "Nka Roundtable II: Contemporary African Art History and the Scholarship." Chika Okeke-Agulu, moderator. Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. 26 (Spring 2010) 80-151. (81-82; 102-103; 135-136).

• "Cartoons," in African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Philip M. Peek and Kwesi Yankah, eds. London: Routedge, 2004. 50-53.

• "This is African Art? Now You Confuse Me," in The World Moves, We Follow. William J. Dewey, ed. Knoxville, Tenn.: Frank H. McClung Museum, 2003. 9-15.

• "Dis Fela Sef!—Fela in Lagos," in Fela: From West Africa to West Broadway. Trevor Schoonmaker, ed. New York: Pelgrave Macmillan, 2003. 78-102.

• "Art in Contemporary Africa," in Africa Vol. 5: Contemporary Africa. Toyin Falola, ed. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2003, 705-734.

• "African Art," in Africa Vol. 4: The End of Colonial Rule; Nationalism and Decolonization. Toyin Falola, ed. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2002, 279-301.

• "Charting a New Course: The Diversity and Democracy Project." Karen Chia-Yu Liu et al. (ed). Curriculum Pedagogy: A Teaching Portfolio. Terre Haute: Indiana State University Curriculum Research and Development Center, School of Education. 2002. 38-51.

• "Sidney Kasfir, Contemporary African Art." (Book Review) in CAA Reviews, the electronic journal of the College Art Association, New York. 12-21-2001.

• "A Glimpse into Our Visual Culture," in Glendora III (2) 2001: 61-79.

• Five Windows into Africa. CD-ROM. Joint authorship with Patrick McNaughton, Ruth Stone, Brian Winchester and John. Hanson. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. (Contributed "This is Lagos," one of the Five Windows).

• Contemporary African Art: Five Artists, Diverse Trends. (Exhibition Catalag). Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2000.

• Women to Women: Weaving Cultures, Shaping History (Exhibition Catalog). Terre Haute: University Art Gallery, 2000.

• "New Traditions from Nigeria: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group," (Book Review). in American Anthropologist. 102(2) (June 2000), 400-402.

• "Art," in African Societies and Cultures Before 1885. Toyin Falola, ed. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2000, 241-264.

• "Nigerian Cartoonists: Sleeping With One Eye Open," in The Media, Transition and Nigeria. Tunji Oseni, ed. Lagos: Tosen Consult, 1999, pp. 181-196.

• "On Scholars and Magicians: A Review of 'Contemporary Art of Africa,'" in Issues in Contemporary Art. Nkiru Nzegwu, ed. New York: International Society for the Study of Africa, 1998, pp. 187-195.

• "Nigerian Art in a State of Anomie," in Nigeria: Visions for the Future. Angela N. Nwaneri, ed. Lagos: McMillan, 1998, 105-127.

• "Western Might, African Voice: African Art at the Dawn of Another Millennium." Images of Other Cultures. Kenji Yoshida and John Mack, ed. Osaka, Japan: National Museum of Ethnology, 1997, 297-300.

• "Nigerian Art as Endangered Species," in Plundering Africa's Past. Peter R. Schmidt and Roderick J. McIntosh, eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996, 125-142.

• "New Currents, Ancient Rivers Contemporary African Artists in a Generation of Change" (Book Review) in African Arts XXIX, 1 (Winter 1996) pp. 21, 96-98.

• "Popular Culture in Urban Africa," in Africa (3rd ed.). Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara, (eds.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995, 273-294.

• "The Essential Emokpae," in Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa. London: Whitechapel, 1995. 198-201; 317 • "Contemporary Art in Post-Colonial Africa," in An Inside Story: African Art of Our Time. Tokyo: Setagaya Art Museum, 1995. 166-168.

• "Recent Offerings in Contemporary African Art." (Review Essay). Research in African Literatures. 25 (4) Winter 1994, 199-204.

• "L'arte come arma nella guerra contro l'oppressione in Nigeria." ["Art as a Weapon in the War Against Oppression in Nigeria."] Sesta Biennale D'Arte Sacra. San Gabriele: Fondazione Staurσs Italiana, 1994. 84-89.

• "Art for Life's Sake: African Art as a Reflection of Black Cosmology." The African Aesthetic: Keeper of Traditions. Kariamu Welsh-Asante (ed.). Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993:237-247.

• "Introduction." Bruce Onobrakpeya: The Spirit in Ascent. Lagos: Ovuomaroro Gallery, 1992: 9-15.

• "Gani Odutokun: The Disbandment of Matter." (Exhibition Catalogue). Perspectives. Lagos: Art and Objects, 1991.

• Eko Re E: (This is Lagos). (Exhibition Catalogue). Lagos: C.C.S., 1991.

• "African Art Today." Contemporary African Artists: Changing Tradition. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 1990:29-43.

• "Oral Tradition and Nigerian Art." Oral Tradition and Oral History in Africa and the Diaspora: Theory and Practice. E.J. Alagoa (ed). Lagos: Center for Black and African Arts and Civilization, 1990, 196-204.

• "African Art: The Limits of Tribality." African Unity: The Cultural Foundations. A. I. Asiwaju and B. O. Oloruntimehin (eds.).Lagos: CBAAC, 1988: 41-50.

• Art By Metamorphosis: Selections of African Art from the Spelman College Collection. Atlanta: Spelman College, 1988.

• "Contemporary African Art." Art Papers. 12 (4), July-August 1988: 22-26.

• "African Art: Traditional and Contemporary Pottery." The Studio Potter. 2, June 1988: 7-9.

• "Popular Culture and Popular Music: The Nigerian Experience." Presence Africaine. No, 144, 4th Quarterly 1987: 59-72.

• Demas Nwoko: A Retrospective. (Exhibition Catalogue). Lagos: Centre for Cultural Studies, 1987.

• Kole The Menace (Cartoons) Lagos: Daily Times, 1987.

• "Popular Culture in Urban Africa." u. Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara (eds.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986: 265-277.

• Paradise Battered. (Exhibition Catalogue). Lagos: Federal Department of Culture and Centre for Cultural Studies, 1986.

• Offerings from the Gods. (Exhibition Catalogue) Lagos: Society of Nigerian Artists, 1985.

• "Synthesized Mannerism in Onobrakpeya's art." Nigeria Magazine 53 (3) (July - September 1985): 17-23.

• "Anatomy of a Housepost." Ife Studies in African Literature and the Arts, 1985: 67-87.

• "Patronage and Change in Nigerian Art." Nigeria Magazine no 150, 1984: 29-36.

• "'Made-in-Nigeria' Artists: Problems and Anticipations." Black Orpheus IV (1), 1981: 31-45.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
• New Works. dele jegede. Coleman Center for Arts and Culture. York. AL. November 1-December 6, 2006.

• fARTilizer. Hiestand Galleries. October 31-November 22, 2005.

• Eko Re E (This is Lagos); Italian Cultural Institute, October 19-November 2, 1991.

• Paradise Battered; National Theatre, July 4 - 18, 1986.

• Cartoons; Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, October 24 -30 1981.

• At Goethe Institute, Lagos; July 6 - 18, 1978.

• At the Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos; December 2 - 11, 1977.

• At the Gong Gallery, Lagos; December 18 - 31, 1976.

• At the Gong Gallery, Lagos; October 12 - 26, 1974.

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