How did African art start?

Answer 1

African art has a long and surprisingly controversial history. Up until recently, the designation "African" was usually only bestowed on the arts of "Black Africa", the peoples living in Sub-Saharan Africa. The non-black peoples of North Africa, the people of the Horn of Africa, as well as the art ofancient Egypt, generally were not included under the rubric of African art. Recently, however, there has been a movement among African art historians and other scholars to include the visual culture of these areas, since all the cultures that produced them, in fact, are located within the geographic boundaries of the African continent. The notion is that by including all African cultures and their visual culture in African art, laypersons will gain a greater understanding of the continent's cultural diversity. Since there was often a confluence of traditional African, Islamic and Mediterranean cultures, scholars have found that drawing distinct divisions between Muslim areas, ancient Egypt, the Mediterranean and indigenous black African societies makes little sense. Finally, the arts of the people of the African diaspora, prevalent in Brazil, the Caribbean and the southeastern United States, have also begun to be included in the study of African art.

Personal expression is always the beginning of an art.

Answer 2

African music originated from African people

Answer 3

It began during the middle ages, when the South started developing and needed slaves.

At the South African-Americans left because they heard in U.S. had a better future.

Answer 4

it started by African tribes getting together and playing then that stlye of music got known as African music and since then it has continued

Answer 5

In Africa lol.

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Answer 6

I would hazard a guess that that would be Africa.

Answer 7

i don't mean to sound smart but Africa