| Topic Name | Author | Institution |
|---|
| Art from the Ijo Spirit World | Martha G. Anderson | Alfred University |
| Puppet Masquerades in the Valley of the Niger | Mary Jo Arnoldi | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
| Weaving in Southern Nigeria | Lisa Aronson | Skidmore College |
| Art and Rule in the Benin Kingdom | Barbara W. Blackmun | Professor Emeritus, San Diego Mesa College |
| Art and Initiation Among the Yaka and Suku | Arthur Bourgeois | Professor Emeritus, Governors State University |
| Mbari: Art as Process in Igboland | Herbert M. Cole | Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Igbo Art in Social Context | Herbert M. Cole | Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Kuba Art and Rule | Joseph Aurélien Cornet (1919 - 2004) | Formerly Institute for National Museums of Congo |
| Benin Kingdom Leadership Regalia | Kathy Curnow | Cleveland State University |
| Komo among Tagwa-Senufo Peoples in Southwest Burkina Faso | Boureima T. Diamitani | West African Museums Programme |
| Yoruba Gelede Masquerade | Henry J. Drewal | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Sculpture of the Bamana Jo Society | Kate Ezra | Yale University Art Gallery (formerly Columbia College of Art) |
| Bamana Women’s Pottery | Barbara Frank | SUNY at Stony Brook |
| Akan Leadership Art and Ceremony | Michelle Gilbert | Trinity College |
| Textiles in Mali | Rachel Hoffman | Formerly University of California, Los Angeles |
| Art and Initiation in Western Zambia | Manuel Jordán | Musical Instrument Museum (formerly Birmingham Museum of Art) |
| Young Women in Contemporary Zulu Society | Sandra Klopper | University of Cape Town |
| Life in the Cameroon Grasslands | Hans-Joachim Koloss (1938 - 2013) | Formerly Museum für Völkerkunde |
| Art of the Bamana Blacksmith | Patrick McNaughton | Indiana University |
| Luba Art and Divination | Mary Nooter Roberts | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Art and Life Among the Zaramo of Tanzania | Diane Pelrine | Indiana University Art Museum |
| Ifa Divination | John Pemberton III | Professor Emeritus, Amherst College |
| Women's Art and Initiation in Mendeland | Ruth Phillips, Henrietta Cosentino and Rebecca Busselle | (R.P.) Carleton University |
| Visual Symbols of Self: South Sotho Arts and Initiation | David M. M. Riep | Colorado State University, Fort Collins |
| Islam and Islamic Arts in Africa | Allen F. Roberts | University of California, Los Angeles (formerly University of Iowa) |
| The Status of Dogon Visual Culture | Allen F. Roberts | University of California, Los Angeles (formerly University of Iowa) |
| Akan Leadership Arts | Doran Ross | Formerly Fowler Museum, UCLA |
| Military Arts of the Fante | Doran Ross | Formerly Fowler Museum, UCLA |
| Nature, Spirits and Arts in Burkina Faso | Christopher D. Roy | University of Iowa |
| The Art of Burkina Faso | Christopher D. Roy | University of Iowa |
| Signs and Symbols in African Art: Graphic Patterns in Burkina Faso | Christopher D. Roy | University of Iowa |
| Do in Leaves and Wood Among the Bobo and the Bwa | Christopher D. Roy | University of Iowa |
| The J. Richard Simon Collection of Yoruba Twin Figures | Christopher D. Roy, editor | University of Iowa |
| Mangbetu Royal Art and Herbert Lang, 1902-1906 | Enid Schildkrout | Museum for African Art (formerly American Museum of Natural History) |
| Masquerades Among the Dan People | William Siegmann (1943 - 2011) | Formerly The Brooklyn Museum |
| Akan Brass Casting | Raymond Silverman | University of Michigan |
| Art and Architecture in Northern Ghana | Fred T. Smith | Kent State University |
| Frafra Leatherwork and Brass Bangles | Fred T. Smith | Kent State University |
| Art and Death in Southern Côte d’Ivoire | Robert Soppelsa | US State Department / Art in Embassies (formerly Washburn University) |
| Art and Death in A Yoruba Community | Norma Wolff | Professor Emerita, Iowa State University |
