First bestowed in 1989, the Arnold Rubin Award honors publications for excellence in scholarship on the arts of Africa and the African Diaspora. The ASA Arts Council gives awards in two categories: works by one or two authors and by multiple authors.
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1998 - Committee: Kathleen Bickford, Christine Mullen Kreamer, Tina Loughran, and Ikem Okoye
Winner (1 author)
Erlmann, V. (1996). Nightsong: Performance, power, and practice in South Africa. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago.
Honorable Mention
Arnoldi, J. (1995). Playing with time: Art and performance in central Mali. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Blier, S. P. (1995). African vodun: Art, psychology, and power. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Lawal, B. (1996). The Gelede spectacle: Art, gender, and social harmony in African culture. Seattle, WA:
Ottenberg, S. (1997). New traditions from Nigeria: Seven artists of the Nsukka group. Washington, DC:
Winner (3+ authors)
Consentino, D. (ed.) (1995). Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou. Los Angeles, CA: University of California,
Honorable Mention
Conrad, D.C. & Frank, B.E. (1995). Status and identity in West Africa: Nyamakalaw of Mande. Bloomington, IN:
Deliss, C. (1995). Seven stories about modern art in Africa. New York, NY: Flammarion.
Roberts, M.N. & Roberts, A.F. (1995). Memory: Luba art and the making of history. New York, NY: Museum for African Art.
Ugwu, C. (1995). Let's get it on: The politics of Black performance. Seattle, WA: Institute of Contemporary Arts, Bay Press.
1989 - Committee: Frederick Lamp, Janet Stanley, and Jean Borgatti
Winner
Blier, S. P. (1988). The anatomy of architecture: Ontology and metaphor in Batammaliba architectural expression.
Honorable Mention
Bearns, M.C. & Hudson, B.R. (1986). The essential gourd: Art and history in northeastern Nigeria. Los Angeles, CA:
Geary, C. M. (1988). Images from Bamum: German colonial photography at the court of King Njoya, Cameroon,
Nunley, J.W. (1988). ). Moving with the face of the devil: Art and politics in urban West Africa.
Roy, C. (1987). Art of the Upper Volta rivers. Meudon, France: Alain and Francoise Chaffin.