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Discusses the confluences of Trans-African artists Winifred Owen-Hart, Alfred Smith, Moyo Okedeji and Lamidi Fakeye. Urban settings where the artists established their working identities; Definition of Trans-African art by Jeff Donaldson; Brief personal background of the artists; Education of the artists; Views of Fakeye about art work; Information about Smith's 1975 painting; First direct contact of Owens-Hart with her African heritage; Colors of Okediji's terrachroma works.

Discusses the Afro-American artists' expression of their race's identity through the arts. Image of the Afro-Americans in the past; African art as inspiration to Afro-American artists; Evolution of negro art movements; Semeiotics of African art; Description and interpretation of several works of known Afro-American artists.