Flash of the Spirit

African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, African, General Art, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies
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Author: Robert Farris Thompson ISBN: 9780307874337
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: May 26, 2010
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Robert Farris Thompson
ISBN: 9780307874337
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: May 26, 2010
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

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.

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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.

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