CAT 256 — Contemporary African Art
BA BA Culture and Tourism · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
This is an introductory and a theoretical study of the Art and Art industry of the various regions of Africa, from the prehistoric to the end of the nineteenth Century. It deals with ethnographic and economic aspects of the people’s art and discusses the purposes, functions, role, importance and symbolic significance of Art in African societies. Identification, classification and forms are also treated. Problems that militate against art and the art industry and solutions and the role of art and the art industry in the civilization of Africa are studied.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 200
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- CAT 252 — Tourism Resources of West Africa
- CAT 253 — Tourism and Recreation
- CAT 254 — Introduction to Tour Guiding
- CAT 255 — Sociology of Tourism
- CAT 257 — Culture and Cultural Practices
- CAT 258 — Government and Politics in Ghana
- CAT 259 — Cultural Globalization
- CAT 260 — African Music Appreciation
- CAT 261 — Economics for the Service Sector
- CAT 262 — Economics of Tourism
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