African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent

Fast service, bad packaging for an excellent book, glad I bought it!

Got this as a birthday gift for my Japanese English student who is a dancer and loves African textiles\patterns. Had a peek before wrapping it, and was thoroughly satisfied with the quality, quantity, variety and sizes of the photos. My student was elated.

Beautiful and covers a continent of textile history... great reference book; used many times. First saw the hardcover version, but purchased the cheaper paperback. I'd recommend the hard cover version. Other than that very happy with it

I am so happy with this beautiful book. I will definitely be buying more copies for other textile loving friends!

So many pictures!!!! And yet educational. Loved the book! And it came in 2 days even with standard shipping. Thank you!

I love he sweep of the whole text . The kente cloth we will associate with Africa (which has a nice book of its own from UCLA). Also indigos from East Africa , mud cloth from Mali, African damask, and modern prints .

Textiles are very important.Understanding the origin of each textile is crucial information.The geographic indicators and materials are spelled out clearly.It is a unique reference book. I value the information because I am studying my own heritage.

Loads of information. Good photo images. Arrived pretty fast.

I gave this book as a gift so I did not read it, but from a first look it seemed complete, well printed and accurate, with many colour pictures of the different textiles and a detailed explanation with lots of information and insight.

As a textile design student, I bought this book as a source of inspiration after leafing through it at my local bookshop, and I have been very pleased with my purchase. A wide range of different textiles are shown in beautiful colour images, and there is enough text to accompany the images. For me, the book has a perfect balance of pictures and information - it is informative on it's subject matter as well as aesthetically pleasing. The textiles chosen for this book are from different regions in Africa and represent a range of techniques, giving a good overview of traditional textiles from Africa. This book changed my ideas on textiles from Africa and introduced me to a wonderful new source of inspiration. Being from Northern Europe, I wasn't very familiar with African arts and crafts to begin with, and my preconceptions were largely based on the African influences I had seen in Western art and fashion. I was happy to get my hands on a book that showcases original fabrics from this region.I find no fault with this book, on the contrary, it is simply one of the best book on textiles I own. The images are great quality and colours seem accurate, and I love the tactile quality of the images as well - in some photos you can actually see the texture of the fabric and even some wear and tear on some older fabrics. I have found it useful in my studies, as I find myself going back to it again and again.

It's a great resource for gathering information on African fabrics. I bought this book thinking it would have lots of info on early African Wax Print but sadly it featured only on one or two pages. Otherwise it's a lovely book with big colour pictures of the fabrics talked about.

Textile lovers will love this one . Amazing book.

Beaucoup d'illustration et d'annotation. Un tour d'horizon assez complet des tissus africains. Photo couleur de bonne qualité. J'aurai aimé un peu plus de photo format A4 avec des vues d'ensemble mais globalement très réussi. Je recommande