AFRICAN TEXTILES TODAY

256pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., British Museum Press, London, 2012

ISBN:  9780714115597

Explores the rich variety of textile traditions throughout Africa, and how ideas, techniques, materials and markets have adapted and flourished.  It also looks at the dynamic traditions in African textiles that have provided inspiration for the continent's foremost contemporary artists and photographers.

Chris Spring is curator of the African galleries at the British Museum. His books include African Arms and Armour, North African Textiles and African Art in Detail.