Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara | Met Exhibitions

The western Sahel—a vast region in Africa just south of the Sahara Desert that spans what is today Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, and was the birthplace of a succession of influential polities. Fueled by a network of global trade routes extending across the region, the empires of Ghana (300–1200), Mali (1230–1600), Songhay (1464–1591), and Segu (1640–1861) cultivated an enormously rich material culture. Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara will be the first exhibition of its kind to trace the legacy of the mighty states the western Sahel and what they produced in the visual arts. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about this exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/sahel-art-empire-sahara #art #themet #themetropolitanmuseumofart #museum #Sahel Credits: Managing Producer: Kate Farrell Producer: Melissa Bell Editor: Alex Guns Graphic Design: Natasha Mileshina Motion Graphics: Angelical Von Helle Music: “Lafisa” by Famoro Dioubate from the album Kontendemi (Patience) Photographs: © Maurice Ascani, www.photographe-niger Bibliothèque Nationale de France David Conrad Hughes Dubois Courtesy of Ferdinando Fagnola Archives, Turin Mamma Haidara Memorial Library Courtesy Menil Collection Photo by James Morris Musée des Confluences, photo by Louis Desplagnes © Museum Ulm— Weickmann Collection, photo by Oleg Kuchar, Ulm Courtesy Partners Pays Dogon RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY Antoine Tempé © 2020 The Metropolitan Museum of Art