The result is nothing short of groundbreaking, giving this book a critical place on every feminist scholar's bookshelf.

Adrienne Yabouza's text echoes the rhythms of life in her homeland--the Central African Republic. The book closes with a short introduction to African art and the importance of fertility statues in African cultures.

This volume extends many of the distilled insights, but also modifies them in the light of the Ghanaian evidence. The collection is multidisciplinary in scope and spans the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial contexts.

From alchemy and modern Wicca to paganism and shamanism, this enchanting book takes you on a mystical journey that will leave you spellbound. This is the perfect introduction to magic and the occult!

... fashion that integrates nationalist ideals with an Asante aesthetic . The sculpture “ Awakening Africa ” inte- grates the body of a woman struggling to rise to her feet with the head of an Asante akuaba . “ Drummer , ” installed in the ...

In its painting and sculpture since 1920, African art has combined elements from traditional tribal and modern European art. This book traces this development.

This fifth volume of the acclaimed series covers the history of the continent from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century in which two themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the ...

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Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection.