Start with high-confidence african art history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
African Art and the Colonial Encounter
Stith Thompson, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
African Textiles
John Gillow
Postcolonial Modernism
Chika Okeke-Agulu
The Art of Conversion
Cécile Fromont
African Artists
Phaidon Editors, Joseph L. Underwood
Zulu Beer Vessels
Frank Jolles
