African Art (Taschen Basic Genre Series)
Ethnologist and historian Stefan Eisenhofer has been head of the African department of the Museum fur Volkerkunde in Munich since 2001. He was the co-founder and is one of the organizers of the "Munich EthnoFilm Days", the concert series "Urban African Sounds" and the "Ethnological Salon" at the Museum fur Volkerkunde in Munich. He also teaches at the Institute for Ethnology and at the Institute for Religious Studies at the University of Munich. He has curated many exhibitions, including "Genocide Monument" in Munich (together with the Ghanaian artist Kofi Setordji). His many publications include the illustrated Painted People, on body art in all five continents.