Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Vintage (1984), Edition: First edition, 336 pages
Description
This landmark book shows how five African civilizations--Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande and Cross River--have informed and are reflected in the aesthetic, social and metaphysical traditions (music, sculpture, textiles, architecture, religion, idiogrammatic writing) of black people in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil and other places in the New World.
User reviews
LibraryThing member lilithdorsey
Thompson is one of the foremost academic experts of the topics, associated with Yale university. This is one of his seminal works detailing the sacred grace of african and afro-american art.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1983
Physical description
336 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
0394723694 / 9780394723693
Local notes
MJW