Mark Rothko, born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was an American painter of Russian Jewish descent. He immigrated from Russian to United States with his mother and sister when he was 10year old to join his father “a violently anti-religious” in Portland, Oregon. His father left Russian due to his fear that his elder sons were about to be drafted into the imperial Russian Army. In the autumn of 1923, Rothko found work in New York’s garment district. While
TRIBE OF MALI The Dogon is a big tribe in Mali although their origin is unknown, but according to their own oral literature the Dogon are the ancestors of ancient Egyptians, who migrated from their actual settlement area in Ghana to the cliffs of Bandiagara along River Niger, to escape from the “Arab Muslim conquest” to Mali, in the 11th and 15th centuries. The Dog... ... middle of paper ... ...sformation, McGraw-hill, p 87, 252,254) BEIERLE, J. 1996, "Dogon” Encyclopaedia of World Cultures.
The Ancient Empire of Mali and the Silk Road Mali had something everyone wanted. People from all over Africa,China, and Europe came to Mali for this one thing. These days it costs lots and lots of money but in 1000 A.D it was worth a pound of salt. The king kept bars of it while traders had tokens of it. It was used for currency, decoration, and clothing for the rich. But now it is hard to find and is worth a lot of money. This was one of the reasons Mali was one of the most important trading empire
Bambara culture is closely related to the Mandinka of other West African countries, such as Tamasheq, or Tuareg, often called the Blue Men of the Desert (camel herders and caravaners), Fulani (nomadic pastoralists), Dogon (settlements along the Bandiagara escarpment in Northeastern Mali), and Bozo (fisherman of Niger River). These are the many diverse cultures and ethnicities within the country of Mali, but the primary culture researched and studied using fieldwork by the author was Bambara
from: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, The Stanley Collection, X1986.327 and X1986.250 Dogon Masks The Dogon relocated to their present location, Mali and Burkina Faso (see figure 1.), around the 15th century. Eventually, they settled in the Bandiagara cliff region so they could avoid the Calvary of Mossi as the cliffs provide excellent protection from the horsemen (Art 3). Similar to Senufo, the Dogon people rely on agriculture for a source of food and income. In particular, they grow onions