Sidney Littlefield Kasfir Explained

Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
Birth Place:	York, Maine, United States
Death Place:	Maralal, Kenya
Known For:	History of African art
Occupation:	Art historian
Education:	Harvard University
Alma Mater:	University of London
Thesis Year:	1979
Thesis Title:	Visual Arts of the Idoma of Central Nigeria

Sidney Carolyn Littlefield Kasfir (1939–2019) was an art historian of African art.

Career

Sidney Littlefield Kasfir received a MA in art history from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in African art from the University of London in 1979 with a dissertation on visual arts of the Idoma people. She was a professor at Emory University for two decades.^[1]

Works

• Contemporary African Art (1999)^{[2] [3]}
• African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity (2007)^[4]
• Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley (2011, co-edited)^[5]
• African Art and Agency in the Workshop (2013, co-edited)^{[6] [7]}

Further reading

• Web site: In Memoriam: Sidney Littlefield Kasfir (1939–2019) . Arts Council of the African Studies Association . 2020-12-21 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Obituaries: Sidney Carolyn Littlefield Kasfir . . 2020-01-12 . 2020-12-21 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Kasule . Kizito Maria . Kizito Maria Kasule . Weeraba Sidney Littlefield Kasfir – Goodbye Sidney Littlefield Kasfir . Start Journal . 2020-02-10 . en-US . 2020-12-21 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Kirumira . Rose Namubiru . Catalyzing Connections: A legacy by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir on African Art . Start Journal . 2020-02-10 . en-US . 2020-12-21 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Kyeyune . George . Sidney Kasfir – a selfless researcher and educationist . Start Journal . 2020-02-10 . en-US . 2020-12-21 . mdy-all.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sidney Carolyn Littlefield Kasfir CV .
2. Ezra . Kate . Review of Contemporary African Art . . 34 . 1 . 11–93 . 2001 . 10.2307/3337728 . 0001-9933 . 3337728 . mdy-all .
3. Förster . Till . Review of Contemporary African Art . Anthropos . 96 . 1 . 267–269 . 2001 . 0257-9774 . 40465501 . mdy-all .
4. • Arnoldi . Mary Jo . Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity . . 40 . 3 . 246–247 . 2009 . 10.2979/RAL.2009.40.3.246 . 0034-5210 . 40468154 . mdy-all .
   • Beidelman . T. O. . Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter. Inventing a Global Commodity . Anthropos . 103 . 2 . 599–600 . 2008 . 10.5771/0257-9774-2008-2-599 . 0257-9774 . 40467458 . mdy-all .
   • Förster . Till . Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity . . 43 . 4 . 91–92 . 2010 . 10.1162/afar.2010.43.4.91 . 0001-9933 . 29546111 . 191409122 . mdy-all .
   • Larkin . Lance . Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity. African Expressive Cultures . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 43 . 1 . 169–170 . 2010 . 0361-7882 . 25741405 . mdy-all .
   • Roberts . Allen F. . Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity. (African Expressive Cultures.) . . 114 . 4 . 1202–1203 . 2009 . 10.1086/ahr.114.4.1202 . 0002-8762 . 23883142 . mdy-all .
   • Probst . Peter . Cultural Difference and Changing Traditions of Meaning in African Art . The Journal of African History . 51 . 1 . 104–105 . 2010 . 10.1017/S002185371000006X . 0021-8537 . 40985007 . 146376318 . mdy-all .
   • Roberts . Mary Nooter . Review of African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity . African Studies Review . 52 . 2 . 223–225 . 2009 . 10.1353/arw.0.0173 . 0002-0206 . 20638936 . 201765126 . mdy-all .
5. Parker . John . Review of Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London . 76 . 1 . 195–197 . 2013 . 10.1017/S0041977X12001917 . 0041-977X . 41811301 . 162672556 . mdy-all .
6. Hahn . Hans Peter . Review of African art and agency in the workshop . Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde . 60 . 284–287 . 2014 . 0078-7809 . 44242859 . mdy-all .
7. Perrill . Elizabeth . Review of African Art and Agency in the Workshop . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 48 . 1 . 131–133 . 2015 . 0361-7882 . 44715395 . mdy-all .