在这本修订和更新版的《当代非洲艺术》中，Sidney Littlefield Kasfir探讨了20世纪和21世纪非洲艺术的重要主题，进展和成就。本书按主题进行组织，包括了关于非洲摄影史和全球艺术市场增长的新章节，以及对赞助和调解，艺术培训以及民族身份和侨民身份的重要讨论。

Contemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by any particular style, technique or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude towards art-making, incorporating and building upon the structures from which older, precolonial and colonial genres were made.

In this revised and updated edition of Contemporary African Art, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir examines the major themes, developments and accomplishments in African art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Organized thematically, the book includes new chapters on the history of African photography and the growth of the global art market, alongside significant discussions of patronage and mediation, artistic training and national and diaspora identities.