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While the African continent is vast and its peoples diverse, certain standards of beauty and correctness in artistic expression and physical appearance are held in common among various African societies.[1]

Taken collectively, these values and standards have been characterised as comprising a generally accepted African aesthetic.[2]

  1. ^ Adams, M. (1989). "African visual arts from an art historical perspective". African Studies Review. 32 (2): 55–103. doi:10.2307/523970. JSTOR 523970. S2CID 145648008.
  2. ^ Welsh-Asante, Kariamu (1993). The African Aesthetic: Keeper of the Traditions (Contributions in Afro- and African-American Studies). Greenwood Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-313-26549-5.

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