Africa and Beyond

02/03/2021

Holidays & Gifts | Valentines Day Gifts

Some gift ides for you for Valentine's Day - https://www.africaandbeyond.com/ValentinesDayGifts.html

African Valentines Day Gifts

02/02/2021

12/08/2020

11/13/2020

06/19/2020

We have moved from bricks to clicks - www.africaandbeyond.com

06/02/2020

Homepage

After more than 30 years of being in the same location in La Jolla, Julie and I have made the difficult decision to close the gallery.
This physical space does not define Africa and Beyond.
We have moved online www.africaandbeyond.com, and are also available by appointment - same phone # 858-454-9983.
We will be adding pieces to our website on a regular basis, so please bookmark our site. We look forward to meeting up with you again, and would love to hear from you!
We will be sending out a formal announcement soon.....
Stay safe!

Shop with us for ethnic home decor, traditional African art, museum quality artifacts, unique jewelry from around the world, and contemporary fair trade crafts.

07/14/2019

This week only! Check out our new website, and receive 20% off your purchases.....
www.africaandbeyond.com

05/14/2019

Hand woven bracelet with wild animal pattern

05/14/2019

Hand woven bracelet with wild animal pattern

05/14/2019

Hand woven bracelet

05/14/2019

Hand woven earrings

05/14/2019

Hand woven earrings

05/14/2019

Hand woven earrings

05/14/2019

Hand woven necklace

05/14/2019

Hand woven necklace

05/14/2019

Silk and hand woven necklace

12/15/2018

General Donations

This is an excerpt from the reply we received to our donation: Your generosity strengthens our capacity to change more lives, book by book! Thank you so much for donating 10% of the proceeds from the sale of the African Twilight book signing at Africa and Beyond with Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher. What a generous way for an art gallery to spread the holiday spirit of sharing and caring.

You can help ALP create libraries and change lives by making a tax-deductible donation. It costs us: $25 for 3 training manuals for new librarians learning how to set up and run a simple library $100 for a set of 20 HIV/AIDS child...

10/15/2018

Coming soon.... pre order your copy today, and we will have it signed/personalized by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher.

10/05/2018

Saturday November 3rd - meet these amazing photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher in our gallery - pre order the incredible 2 volume book now, and have it personalized/ signed by them -

"A Kara man indicates that he has performed a feat of bravery such as killing an enemy or dangerous animal by sculpting a headpiece directly onto his hair with gray clay and red ocher, and finishing it with ostrich feathers."

We are delighted to share we will be at Africa and Beyond on Saturday November 3rd to sign copies of our new book. See you in La Jolla California.
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/African-Twilight-Book.html

This image is from our forthcoming book "African Twilight: The Vanishing Rituals and Ceremonies of the African Continent" our book will be out this Autumn with Rizzoli New York
Link to pre order USA via Africa and Beyond
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/African_Twilight-by_Carol_Beckwith_and_Angela_Fisher.html
UK/WORLD: https://www.amazon.co.uk/African-Twilight-Vanishing-Ceremonies-Continent/dp/0847860175/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537789467&sr=8-1&keywords=african+twilight

#AfricanCeremonies #Ethiopia #OmoValley #AfricanTwilight

10/03/2018

S2017 E31: African Twilight | LAaRT

Saturday November 3rd - Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher will be in the gallery to launch their new and final book - African Twilight - the following link will take you to the interview they recently did on PBS:
https://www.pbssocal.org/programs/laart/african-twilight-xrdlsl/

Photographing precious moments from indigenous cultures and rituals in Africa, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher give us a glimpse into worlds quickly slipping away.

10/01/2018

An image from the book we will be hosting the US launch for in our gallery Saturday November 3rd.

"When a Mursi woman is old enough to be married, she has a plate inserted into her lower lip, the size of which indicates the number of cattle required by her parents for her hand in marriage. Women who come from villages exposed to tourism often wear elaborate adornment, even attaching their p***c aprons, cattle amulets and wild berries to their heads to attract tourists’ cameras and supplement their income." MURSI, Ethiopia.

This image is from our forthcoming book "African Twilight: The Vanishing Rituals and Ceremonies of the African Continent" our book will be out this Autumn with Rizzoli New York
Link to pre order USA via Africa and Beyond http://www.africaandbeyond.com/African_Twilight-by_Carol_Beckwith_and_Angela_Fisher.html

UK/WORLD: https://www.amazon.co.uk/African-Twilight-Vanishing-Ceremonies-Continent/dp/0847860175/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537789467&sr=8-1&keywords=african+twilight

#AfricanCeremonies #Ethiopia #Mursi #AfricanTwilight

09/27/2018

Excited to be hosting Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher again for the launch of their final book - a 2- volume 864 page look into rites of passage from birth through death with different cultures in Africa.

05/17/2018

05/11/2018

The unusual forms and sizes of ethnographic currencies are both fascinating and surprising! They range in size from the smallest personal adornments such as beads, shells and jewelry, to massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds. These "primitive" monies were both aesthetic and functional as they were creative symbols of wealth and power and functionally used a means of exchange. In terms of exchange, these currencies were used to purchase everyday items such as food, cloth, tools and used to purchase major life transactions - the obtaining of land, livestock and brides.

http://www.africaandbeyond.com/Utilitarian-artifacts-african-currency.html

The unusual forms and sizes of ethnographic currencies are both fascinating and surprising! They range in size from the smallest personal adornments such as beads, shells and jewelry, to massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds. These "primitive" monies were both aesthetic and functional as they were creative symbols of wealth and power and functionally used a means of exchange. In terms of exchange, these currencies were used to purchase everyday items such as food, cloth, tools and used to purchase major life transactions - the obtaining of land, livestock and brides.

http://www.africaandbeyond.com/Utilitarian-artifacts-african-currency.html

05/03/2018

At Africa and Beyond, we represent many of the top Shona stone sculptors in Zimbabwe, as well as some of the younger up-and-coming artists who are now producing amazing, contemporary sculptures themselves. Biographies and additional information will be provided with purchase. Additional photos available upon request.
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/shona.html

At Africa and Beyond, we represent many of the top Shona stone sculptors in Zimbabwe, as well as some of the younger up-and-coming artists who are now producing amazing, contemporary sculptures themselves. Biographies and additional information will be provided with purchase. Additional photos available upon request.
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/shona.html

04/19/2018

We have a variety of traditional African weapons including spears, shields, clubs, swords and knives. Most of which were collected and worked on by the master blacksmith, James Schmidt.
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/african-weapons.html
James Schmidt Collection: http://www.africaandbeyond.com/Jim-Schmidt-Collection.html

We have a variety of traditional African weapons including spears, shields, clubs, swords and knives. Most of which were collected and worked on by the master blacksmith, James Schmidt.
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/african-weapons.html
James Schmidt Collection: http://www.africaandbeyond.com/Jim-Schmidt-Collection.html

04/19/2018

Throughout Africa, objects used for utilitarian purposes were also created with beauty and a spiritual element. In today's modern world we value these items for their aesthetic charm as well as for their historical references.
Please visit our website for more!
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/utilitarian-artifacts.html

Throughout Africa, objects used for utilitarian purposes were also created with beauty and a spiritual element. In today's modern world we value these items for their aesthetic charm as well as for their historical references.
Please visit our website for more!
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/utilitarian-artifacts.html

04/18/2018

Here you will find a special collection of baskets from sub-Saharan Africa, perfect for any collectors.

Here you will find a special collection of baskets from sub-Saharan Africa, perfect for any collectors.

04/18/2018

Mask from the Bini people of Nigeria.
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/bini_mask_nigeria_ss4008.html

04/18/2018

Figure from the Hemba people of the D.R. Congo.
http://www.africaandbeyond.com/Hemba-Figure-DRCongo-0298.html

02/16/2018

#BlackPanther, the latest Marvel Comics movie has just been released. We are excited to see it, as the props department bought many artifacts from us to include in the movie. Look for a magnificent old Ethiopian circular shield and mortar, old lidded clay vessel from the Sudan, Zulu milk pail and beer pot, Ugandan milk vessel, Mossi flute, Maasai gourd, Shona diviner's mortar and pestle, numerous bronze and wooden vessels, Tuareg leather bags, San (Bushman) bag, amongst others.

02/09/2018

Soapstone sculptures designed and hand-carved by Kenyan artisans make for the perfect gift this Valentine's Day!

Shop at AfricaandBeyond.com for more sculptures, artifacts, jewelry and other special gifts from the heART!

12/20/2017

GO WILD THIS HOLIDAY SEASON...
With holiday gifts that are out the ordinary, out of Africa and out of this world!
Gift certificates also make for great stocking stuffers!
http://africaandbeyond.com