Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
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.
PUBLISHER:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10:
0394723694
ISBN-13:
9780394723693
BINDING:
Paperback
PUBLICATION YEAR:
1984
NUMBER OF PAGES:
336
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
0.66(H) x 5.15(W) x 7.99(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English