We will explore 750,000 square miles of some of the most exciting
and intellectually stimulating art on the face of the earth.  Our
emphasis will be sculpture, but cloth, architecture, theater and
an assortment of other expressive forms will also be considered.
FORM is our key, the idea being that form is the essence of
the human mind at work.  We will consider the myriad ways form is
articulated to create works of art and the diverse means by which
the forms in art are used by people in their lives.  Our area is
West Africa's vast Sudan, the Savannah lands between Lake Chad
and the headwaters of the Niger River.  Most of what we look at
will be situated in the 20th century.