Frapper le fer. L'art des forgerons africains. Divers Archaeology is fashionable

Archaeology is fashionable

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Volume 2: Translation

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Frapper le fer. L'art des forgerons africains. Divers Archaeology is fashionableThis exhibition catalog (Muse du quai Branly, from November 19, 2019 to March 29, 2020) explores the many ways in which this element was smelted and forged by Africans, masters of fire and transformation. The Iron Age revolutionized Africa and forever transformed civilization, from a practical, symbolic, and cosmological perspective. For more than two millennia, ironworking has profoundly shaped African cultures, which offer a particularly diverse and