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Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention

Categorie	Geschiedenis Afrika
Boeknummer	#397449-KN47
Titel	Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention
Auteur	Lamp, Frederick
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Munich : Prestel
Jaar van uitgave	1996
ISBN10	3791317253
ISBN13	9783791317250
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention traces the art and cultural history of these very special African people from their legendary flight from the mystical highlands of the interior of Guinea to the coast, in their attempt to conserve their own religious ritual, to the eventual destruction of their traditions at mid century with the conversion to Islam and, with independence from France, the establishment of the Republic of Guinea under an iconoclastic Marxist regime. In the book, the Baga voice is heard prominently in the direct testimony of three Baga writers and forty Baga consultants of all ages and background experience, from ten-year-old boys to elders and ritual leaders of over 100 years of age. Artistic creation and reinvention form the core of issues raised throughout ... (Lees verder)the art historical drama.
Pagina's	267
Conditie	Goed — Dust jacket lightly scratched at rear.
Prijs	€ 45,00

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