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Thompson has studied the African arts of the diaspora in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and several Caribbean islands.
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He lived in the Yoruba region of southwest Nigeria for many years while he conducted his research of Yoruba arts history. He is affiliated with the University of Ibadan and frequented Yoruba village communities. Robert Farris Thompson is also an authority on hip hop culture.
In 1955, Thompson received his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University.
After receiving his Bachelors Degree, he continued his studies at Yale where he received his Masters in 1961 and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1965. Thompson is one of America"s most prominent scholars of African art, and has presided over exhibitions of African art at the National Gallery in Washington Doctorate. C.
Thompson is one of the longest-serving alumni of Yale. Bob has made Yale home.
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