Frapper le fer. L'art des forgerons africains. Divers Volume 2: Translation

Volume 2: Translation

L’histoire des innovations technologiques et celle du design s’entremêlent indissolublement dans les pages de ce manuel

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as well as the religious ceremonies linked to them

Frapper le fer. L'art des forgerons africains. Divers Volume 2: TranslationThis exhibition catalog (Muse du quai Branly, from November 19, 2019 to March 29, 2020) explores the many ways in which this element was smelted and forged by Africans, masters of fire and transformation. The Iron Age revolutionized Africa and forever transformed civilization, from a practical, symbolic, and cosmological perspective. For more than two millennia, ironworking has profoundly shaped African cultures, which offer a particularly diverse and