For further discussion on this topic, see Robert Farris Thompson, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act (1974); Kariamu Welsh Asante, African Dance: An Artistic, Historical, and Philosophical Inquiry (1996); Kariamu Welsh Asante, The African Aesthetic: Keeper of the Traditions (1993); and Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante (eds.), African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity (1985).