"For half a century African art has been increasingly admired, commanding the attention of artists and scholars throughout the world. But there has hitherto been no comprehensive listing of the very extensive literature which is indispensable for serious study. This volume provides the first general bibliography of works on all the main forms of African art. Based initially on the card index of the International African Institute, it has been extensively supplemented by documentation from other libraries and by individual specialists. The arrangement of the bibliography is geographical with subheadings to cover the main forms for every country. This is likely to be most convenient both for specialisets and for those intereested in the art of one particular area. The general reader will find in the first section a wide choice of introductory studies on different approaches to the subject"--Publisher's description, p. [2] of dust jacket.