..". finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it describes and explores." --American Ethnologist

"The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading... " --Choice

"The Mande Blacksmith is an important book... sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough... " --African Arts

"McNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths is undeniably the most profound study of African artists yet published." --Ethnoarts

..". penetrating... McNaughton boldly grapples with the thorniest issues...