African ceremonies
By: Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher.
Contributors: Fisher, Angela.
Edition: Concise ed.
Publisher: H.N. Abrams
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies -- Africa; Ritual -- Africa; Initiation rites -- Africa; Marriage customs and rites -- Africa; Africa -- Religious life and customs; Africa -- Social life and customs
Description: A newly designed, very affordable one-volume edition of this definitive work on the traditional rituals of Africa, containing more than half the magnificent photographs that were in the original edition plus new images that will focus fresh attention on specific ceremonies. Many of these rituals are vanishing; never have they been portrayed with the intimacy and skill that Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher bring to this glorious book. The book is accompanied by an audio CD of African ceremonies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.