Henry John Drewal Collection
name: label: Photographer
content: Drewal, Henry John
label: Artist
content: Bag Factory (South Africa)
label: Artist
content: FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists)
place: label: Place
content: Morocco
label: Place
content: South Africa
creator: label: Photographer
content: Drewal, Henry John
setName: label: See more items in
content: Henry John Drewal Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian Henry John Drewal received his BA from Hamilton College and two Masters' degrees and a PhD from Columbia University (1973).  In between college and graduate school, Drewal served in the Peace Corps, where he taught French and English, organized arts camps in Nigeria, and apprenticed himself to a Yoruba sculptor. 

He taught at Cleveland State University (Chair of the Art Department), and was a Visiting Professor at UC-Santa Barbara and SUNY-Purchase. Since 1991 he has been the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Art History and Afro-American Studies at UW-Madison. He has published several books, edited volumes, exhibition catalogues, and many articles and produced a number of films documenting African and African Diaspora arts, and lectured widely on these topics. He has received several NEH and NEA grants, three Fulbright Research Awards (Brazil, Benin, Morocco), a Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1442 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2010-010
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in three series: Morroco, South Africa, and Art Objects.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: All slides digitized except for numbers 109 and 908-913.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 1 is comprised of photos taken by Dr. Henry Drewal while traveling in Morocco from May 29, 1997 to June 21, 1997. The series includes images taken in Casablanca, Rabat, Salé, Fès al Bali, Meknès, Sijilmassa, Rissani, Marrakech, and Essaouira. Subjects include architecture, market scenes, craftsmen and artisans at work, musicians, landscapes and city views, ancient sites and museums.

Series 2 is comprised of photographs taken by Dr. Henry Drewal while traveling in South Africa from March 8, 1997 to March 30, 1997. The series includes images taken in Cape Town, Durban, Injasuti, Johannesburg, Lindelani, and Pietermaritzburg. Subjects include political rallies, religious festivals, artists and artist studios, universities, galleries and museums, public murals and sculptures, architecture, rock art sites, and portraits.

Series 3 includes images of art objects belonging to the Drewal-Kahn private collection and paintings by Trevor Makhoba.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Additional photographs by Henry John Drewal held at the EEPA are located within the collection: Henry John and Margaret Drewal Photographs, EEPA 1992-028.

In addition, there are video productions by Henry John Drewal available in the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art. These include: "Efe/Gelede Ceremonies among the Western Yoruba" and "Yoruba Performance".