Frapper le fer. L'art des forgerons africains. Divers as well as the religious

as well as the religious ceremonies linked to them

and no sculptures or architectural creations

the artist visited several islands of the Tuamotu

Volume 2: Translation

Frapper le fer. L'art des forgerons africains. Divers as well as the religiousThis exhibition catalog (Muse du quai Branly, from November 19, 2019 to March 29, 2020) explores the many ways in which this element was smelted and forged by Africans, masters of fire and transformation. The Iron Age revolutionized Africa and forever transformed civilization, from a practical, symbolic, and cosmological perspective. For more than two millennia, ironworking has profoundly shaped African cultures, which offer a particularly diverse and