The relationship of art to life in sub-Saharan Africa. A cross-cultural survey of types, styles, history, and values of arts ranging from personal decoration to the state festival, stressing Ashanti, Ife, Benin, Yoruba, Cameroon.

Prerequisites: Not open to freshmen.

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Optional

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1, 2, 3

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Not open to freshmen

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Letters and science

College
GEs Area F World Cult
OGBECHIE S O
Sylvester Ogbechie
40 reviews
Lecture
ARTS 1341
T R
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
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ARTHI 127A Ogbechie S O Fall 2023 Total: 47
ARTHI 127A Ogbechie S O Fall 2021 Total: 52
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AH127A . Ogbechie S O 8 Months Ago

Very hard to understand during lectures, and is very difficult to know what you actually need to learn. Unclear about what tests will be like and gave images for identification that he never discussed.

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ARTHI127A . Ogbechie S O 5 Years Ago

Going to his class is mandatory, which was difficult given how boring the content was. The midterm and "spot tests" were fairly easy, but the final essay prompt was extemely vague and hard to do, considering it has to be six pages long. Would not recommend.

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ARTHI127A . Ogbechie S O 12 Years Ago

Ogbechie can be confusing with what he wants from you, but his material is excellent and in other class will you learn more about pre-modern africa. I wanted to go to every class, because the art was incredible and the communities it came from I had never heard of before this class. I'm not an Art History major (1st class) and I loved this class.

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ARTHI127A . Ogbechie S O 12 Years Ago

Refrain from taking his classes at all cost. His tenure shows the decline of ucsb as a great institution. He changes his mind about midterms and final structures without notifying the students, and chuckles about it when the students are upset. Subject material is incredibly boring and not worth the time and headaches to figure out.

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