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Children's Books
Diakité, Baba Wagué. The Magic Gourd. New York: Scholastic Press, 2003.
O.Malia, Carol. The Royal Drum, an Ashanti Tale. New York: MONDO Publishing, 1996.
Skivington, Janice. How Anansi Obtained the Sky God's Stories. Chicago: Children's Press, 1991.
Williams, Karen Lynn. Galimoto. New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Books, 1990.



Adult Books
Blier, Suzanne Preston. The Royal Arts of Africa, the Majesty of Form. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Gillow, John. Printed and Dyed Textiles from Africa. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2001.
Gillow, John & Bryan Sentence. World Textiles, A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques. London: Thames & Hudson, 1999.
Horn, Diane. African Printed Textile Design. Owings Mill, MD: Stemmer House Publishing, Inc. 1998.
Owusu, Heiki. Symbols of Africa. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 1998.
Robinson, Mimi. Adinkra! West African Symbols. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1998.
Schuman, Jo Miles. Art from Many Hands. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 1981.
Williams, Geoffrey. African Designs from Traditional Sources. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1971.

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