num_pages: 336
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.
language: English
title: Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
titlecomplete: Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
genres: History, Philosophy, Religion, African American, Spirituality, Africa, Art History, Cultural Studies, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 349
publisher: Vintage