Malika Kraamer
Biographic Data
| ID | 140800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malika Kraamer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malika |
| FAMILY NAME | Kraamer |
| SIGNATURE | KRAAMER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | New Walk Museum and Art Gallery |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4490-8179 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unravelling Regional and Global Connections
Researching the history of West Africa through the lens of material culture enriches our understanding of the complex ways in which this region has long been embedded in global history. Using West African textiles as primary historical source, as Colleen Kriger has eloquently shown, not only deepens our understanding of fashion, dress, and textile developments through time and space, but also provokes new interpretations of West African history, …
Weaving a biblical text
This essay looks at the different threads that led to the weaving and use of kente stoles with specific Christian connotations at the turn of the twenty-first century: the weaving of biblical texts into single strips. The development of weaving letters into a cloth started in the Ewe-speaking area of Ghana, a region where conversion to Christianity took place mainly through the Pietist Norddeutsche Missionsgesellschaft. Although this mission soci…
Origin disputed. The making, use and evaluation of Ghanaian textiles
Depuis les années 1990, un vif débat a pris forme au Ghana sur l’origine du kente. Les discussions portent principalement sur l’antériorité du tissage Asante sur le tissage Ewe. Cette acitvité est très ancienne dans de nombreuses régions du Ghana, et les relations entre les régions de parler Ewe et celles de parler Twi remontent aussi loin que le xixe s. au moins. Cet article vise à déméler et à mettre en évidence de quelle manière revendications…
Ghanaian Interweaving in the Nineteenth Century
The Bluest Hands
Judith A. Byfield, The Bluest Hands: a social and economic history of women dyers in Abeokuta (Nigeria), 1890–1940. Oxford: James Currey (paperback £17.95, ISBN 0 85255 600 4; hard covers £45.00, ISBN 0 85255 650 0); Portsmouth NH: Heinemann (paperback US64.95, ISBN 0 32507 009 1). 2002, 304 pp. - Volume 74 Issue 3
The Bluest Hands
Judith A. Byfield, The Bluest Hands: a social and economic history of women dyers in Abeokuta (Nigeria), 1890–1940. Oxford: James Currey (paperback £17.95, ISBN 0 85255 600 4; hard covers £45.00, ISBN 0 85255 650 0); Portsmouth NH: Heinemann (paperback US64.95, ISBN 0 32507 009 1). 2002, 304 pp. - Volume 74 Issue 3
Ghanaian Interweaving in the Nineteenth Century
Origin disputed. The making, use and evaluation of Ghanaian textiles
Depuis les années 1990, un vif débat a pris forme au Ghana sur l’origine du kente. Les discussions portent principalement sur l’antériorité du tissage Asante sur le tissage Ewe. Cette acitvité est très ancienne dans de nombreuses régions du Ghana, et les relations entre les régions de parler Ewe et celles de parler Twi remontent aussi loin que le xixe s. au moins. Cet article vise à déméler et à mettre en évidence de quelle manière revendications…
The Bluest Hands
Judith A. Byfield, The Bluest Hands: a social and economic history of women dyers in Abeokuta (Nigeria), 1890–1940. Oxford: James Currey (paperback £17.95, ISBN 0 85255 600 4; hard covers £45.00, ISBN 0 85255 650 0); Portsmouth NH: Heinemann (paperback US64.95, ISBN 0 32507 009 1). 2002, 304 pp. - Volume 74 Issue 3
Origin disputed. The making, use and evaluation of Ghanaian textiles
Depuis les années 1990, un vif débat a pris forme au Ghana sur l’origine du kente. Les discussions portent principalement sur l’antériorité du tissage Asante sur le tissage Ewe. Cette acitvité est très ancienne dans de nombreuses régions du Ghana, et les relations entre les régions de parler Ewe et celles de parler Twi remontent aussi loin que le xixe s. au moins. Cet article vise à déméler et à mettre en évidence de quelle manière revendications…
Ghanaian Interweaving in the Nineteenth Century
Weaving a biblical text
This essay looks at the different threads that led to the weaving and use of kente stoles with specific Christian connotations at the turn of the twenty-first century: the weaving of biblical texts into single strips. The development of weaving letters into a cloth started in the Ewe-speaking area of Ghana, a region where conversion to Christianity took place mainly through the Pietist Norddeutsche Missionsgesellschaft. Although this mission soci…
Unravelling Regional and Global Connections
Researching the history of West Africa through the lens of material culture enriches our understanding of the complex ways in which this region has long been embedded in global history. Using West African textiles as primary historical source, as Colleen Kriger has eloquently shown, not only deepens our understanding of fashion, dress, and textile developments through time and space, but also provokes new interpretations of West African history, …
History (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 works) · History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (1 work) · Ambivalence (1 work)