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DESCRIPTION:\n\nMamluk\nMetalwork in West Africa: Material Dialogues during
  the Age of Empire\n\nA Talk by Raymond Silverman\, \nProfessor\,\nHistory
  of Art\, African Studies and Museum Studies\, University of\nMichigan The
  presence of\nMamluk Egyptian brass bowls and basins at various sites in c
 entral Ghana and\nnorthern Nigeria offers compelling evidence for West Afr
 ican participation in\nglobal networks of commercial and cultural exchange
  during the fourteenth\ncentury\, a particularly vibrant time during which
  the ancient West African\nempire of Mali was at its height. This talk add
 resses a number of fundamental\nquestions these objects raise. How and und
 er what circumstances did they leave\nEgypt and arrive at the sites at whi
 ch they are located today? What meaning and\nimpact did they have in the s
 ocieties that adopted them? What can they tell us\nabout long-distance con
 nections and transcultural trajectories of the\nfourteenth century?&nbsp\;
 Sponsored by Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Maxwell African\nSchol
 ars Union\, and Department of\nAnthropology. Contact Havva Karakas-Keles f
 or more information:&nbsp\;hkarakas@syr.edu\n\n&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Mamluk Metalwork in West Africa: Material Dialogues during the Age 
 of Empire
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>\n\n<b>Mamluk\nMetalwork in West Africa: Ma
 terial Dialogues during the Age of Empire</b><span></span>\n\n</p><p>A Tal
 k by Raymond Silverman\, \nProfessor\,\nHistory of Art\, African Studies a
 nd Museum Studies\, University of\nMichigan </p><p>The presence of\nMamluk
  Egyptian brass bowls and basins at various sites in central Ghana and\nno
 rthern Nigeria offers compelling evidence for West African participation i
 n\nglobal networks of commercial and cultural exchange during the fourteen
 th\ncentury\, a particularly vibrant time during which the ancient West Af
 rican\nempire of Mali was at its height. This talk addresses a number of f
 undamental\nquestions these objects raise. How and under what circumstance
 s did they leave\nEgypt and arrive at the sites at which they are located 
 today? What meaning and\nimpact did they have in the societies that adopte
 d them? What can they tell us\nabout long-distance connections and transcu
 ltural trajectories of the\nfourteenth century?&nbsp\;</p><p>Sponsored by 
 Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Maxwell African\nScholars Union\, a
 nd Department of\nAnthropology. </p><p>Contact Havva Karakas-Keles for mor
 e information:&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:hkarakas@syr.edu">hkarakas@syr.edu</a
 ></p><p>\n\n&nbsp\;</p>
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