Résumé:
Klappentext Alonge's historic photographs provide rare insight into the rituals and regalia of the Benin Court over a half-century. Inhaltsverzeichnis DedicationForewords: Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Yusuf Abdallah UsmanPreface: Through the Lens of Benin-Edo Cultural Heritage: The Photography of Chief S.O. Alonge by Theophilus Umogbai Introduction: Preserving a Fragile Legacy: Forging Ties with a Nigerian Community by Amy J. StaplesThe Royal Court of BeninChapter 1Imaging | Imagining: S.O. Alonge, Photography, and Visual Culture in Benin, Nigeria by Amy J. StaplesChapter 2Remembering Solomon Osagie Alonge | Revisiting History by Flora Edouwaye S. KaplanChapter 3Redeeming the Image of the Benin Monarchy and People by Tam FioforiLong sidebar: Photographing the Oba of Benin by George OsodiPlates Royal court Benin Visual CultureChapter 4Art as a Medium of Recording: Precolonial Benin Revisited by Daniel E. Innehsidebar Benin Plaques and Alonge PhotographsChapter 5Photographic Recordkeeping in Benin: Ancient and Modern by Kokunre Agbontaen EghafonaSidebarCommemorative Textiles The Ideal Photo Studio Chapter 6The Ideal Photo Studio: S.O. Alonge as Artist-Photographer-Social Documentarian by Amy J. Staplessidebar: Dame Merry Oritsetimeyin Ehanire sidebar: Francis Edo Osagie long sidebar Enis Ehikhamenor interview Plates Ideal Photo Studio S.O. Alonge Collection [artifacts]NotesSelected ReadingContributorsAcknowledgmentsPhotography Credits IndexgatefoldBenin Timeline: A Selected History of the Obas