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John W Nunley

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ID121328
NAMEJohn W Nunley
GIVEN NAMESJohn W
FAMILY NAMENunley
SIGNATURENUNLEY J W
AFFILIATIONSSaint Louis Art Museum
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS60
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX5
  • Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

    Henry John Drewal, Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•2008•Cited by: 26•References: 8

    Jolly Masquerades and Mammy Wata in Sierra Leone / John W. Nunley2. Mami in Baule, Guro, and Yaure Arts and Cultures / Henry John Drewal3. Dreamscapes: Sacred Arts for Mami Wata along the Togo-Benin Coast / Henry John Drewal4. The Bourian Masquerade: A Rite of Memory and Identity / Henry John Drewal5. The Many Manifestations of Mami Wata among the Igbo / Henry John Drewal6. Mamy Wata among the Annang Ibibio / Jill Salmons7. Mami Wata / Mamba Munt…

  • Afro/Creole: Power, Opposition, and Play in the Caribbean

    Open Access•John W Nunley•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1998•Cited by: 5

    Afro/Creole: Power,. pposition, and Play in the Caribbean. Richard D. E. Burton. Idiaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1997.298 pp

  • Primitive Art in Civilized Places. Sally Price

    Open Access•John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1991

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: The Politics of Art in a West African City

    Christopher Fyfe, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•Journal of Religion in Africa•1990

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa

    Cynthia Schmidt, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•Ethnomusicology•1990

  • Caribbean Festival Arts: Each and Every Bit of Difference

    John W Nunley, Margaret Thompson Drewal et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1989

  • Purity and Pollution in Freetown: Masked Performance

    John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•TDR/The Drama Review•1988

    As the feast of Eid-Ul-Adha was celebrated yesterday, Freetown was not without its incidents ofdrama. It was a test of strength and will power between the police and masqueraders who went out to defy the ban on street performing. As the defiance continued police pounced. Scores of arrests were made and heavily armed policemen patrolled the streets the whole of the day. The mask of the popular Bloody Mary devil was seized by police at Fergusson St…

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa

    Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Economic History•1988•Cited by: 10

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa

    Donald Cosentino, Donald J Cosentino et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1988•Cited by: 7

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil

    Frederic Lamp, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•1988

  • The Lantern Festival in Sierra Leone

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1985•Cited by: 4

  • Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos

    John W Nunley, John Nunley et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1985

  • Images and Printed Words in Freetown Masquerades

    John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1982•Cited by: 2

  • Reflections of African Artistry

    Jeanne Cannizzo, John W Nunley et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1982

    street. This catalogue of an exhibition put together by John Nunley and Hans Schaal goes some way toward helping us understand just what a boy might learn on the streets of contemporary urban West Africa, particularly the meaner streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone. For although the title does not reveal the richness of the contents, this small book attempts to draw together the personal reflections of the curators, one an art historian and the othe…

  • The Fancy and the Fierce

    John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1981•Cited by: 6

  • Rapacious Birds and Severed Heads: Early Bronze Rings from Nigeria

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1980

  • Ntowie: Sisala Carver

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1979

  • Sikilen: Transformation of a Sisala Masquerade

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1977

  • Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

    Henry John Drewal, Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•2008•Cited by: 26•References: 8

    Jolly Masquerades and Mammy Wata in Sierra Leone / John W. Nunley2. Mami in Baule, Guro, and Yaure Arts and Cultures / Henry John Drewal3. Dreamscapes: Sacred Arts for Mami Wata along the Togo-Benin Coast / Henry John Drewal4. The Bourian Masquerade: A Rite of Memory and Identity / Henry John Drewal5. The Many Manifestations of Mami Wata among the Igbo / Henry John Drewal6. Mamy Wata among the Annang Ibibio / Jill Salmons7. Mami Wata / Mamba Munt…

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa

    Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Economic History•1988•Cited by: 10

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa

    Donald Cosentino, Donald J Cosentino et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1988•Cited by: 7

  • The Fancy and the Fierce

    John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1981•Cited by: 6

  • Afro/Creole: Power, Opposition, and Play in the Caribbean

    Open Access•John W Nunley•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1998•Cited by: 5

    Afro/Creole: Power,. pposition, and Play in the Caribbean. Richard D. E. Burton. Idiaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1997.298 pp

  • The Lantern Festival in Sierra Leone

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1985•Cited by: 4

  • Images and Printed Words in Freetown Masquerades

    John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1982•Cited by: 2

  • Sikilen: Transformation of a Sisala Masquerade

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1977

  • Ntowie: Sisala Carver

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1979

  • Rapacious Birds and Severed Heads: Early Bronze Rings from Nigeria

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1980

  • The Fancy and the Fierce

    John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1981•Cited by: 6

  • Images and Printed Words in Freetown Masquerades

    John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1982•Cited by: 2

  • Reflections of African Artistry

    Jeanne Cannizzo, John W Nunley et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1982

    street. This catalogue of an exhibition put together by John Nunley and Hans Schaal goes some way toward helping us understand just what a boy might learn on the streets of contemporary urban West Africa, particularly the meaner streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone. For although the title does not reveal the richness of the contents, this small book attempts to draw together the personal reflections of the curators, one an art historian and the othe…

  • The Lantern Festival in Sierra Leone

    John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Arts•1985•Cited by: 4

  • Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos

    John W Nunley, John Nunley et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1985

  • Purity and Pollution in Freetown: Masked Performance

    John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•TDR/The Drama Review•1988

    As the feast of Eid-Ul-Adha was celebrated yesterday, Freetown was not without its incidents ofdrama. It was a test of strength and will power between the police and masqueraders who went out to defy the ban on street performing. As the defiance continued police pounced. Scores of arrests were made and heavily armed policemen patrolled the streets the whole of the day. The mask of the popular Bloody Mary devil was seized by police at Fergusson St…

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa

    Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•African Economic History•1988•Cited by: 10

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa

    Donald Cosentino, Donald J Cosentino et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1988•Cited by: 7

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil

    Frederic Lamp, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•1988

  • Caribbean Festival Arts: Each and Every Bit of Difference

    John W Nunley, Margaret Thompson Drewal et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•1989

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: The Politics of Art in a West African City

    Christopher Fyfe, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•Journal of Religion in Africa•1990

  • Moving with the Face of the Devil: Art and Politics in Urban West Africa

    Cynthia Schmidt, John W Nunley•ARTICLE•Ethnomusicology•1990

  • Primitive Art in Civilized Places. Sally Price

    Open Access•John W Nunley, John Nunley•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1991

  • Afro/Creole: Power, Opposition, and Play in the Caribbean

    Open Access•John W Nunley•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1998•Cited by: 5

    Afro/Creole: Power,. pposition, and Play in the Caribbean. Richard D. E. Burton. Idiaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1997.298 pp

  • Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

    Henry John Drewal, Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg et al.•ARTICLE•African Arts•2008•Cited by: 26•References: 8

    Jolly Masquerades and Mammy Wata in Sierra Leone / John W. Nunley2. Mami in Baule, Guro, and Yaure Arts and Cultures / Henry John Drewal3. Dreamscapes: Sacred Arts for Mami Wata along the Togo-Benin Coast / Henry John Drewal4. The Bourian Masquerade: A Rite of Memory and Identity / Henry John Drewal5. The Many Manifestations of Mami Wata among the Igbo / Henry John Drewal6. Mamy Wata among the Annang Ibibio / Jill Salmons7. Mami Wata / Mamba Munt…

Art (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · History (9 works) · African history and culture studies (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Visual arts (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · History (4 works)

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