Africa dances
Subtitle: a book about West African Negroes
By: by Geoffrey Gorer.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 1935
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Ethnology -- Africa, West.; Dance -- Africa, West.; Dance, Black.; Africa, West -- Description and travel.
Description: In Africa Dances Gorer takes the reader on an odyssey across West Africa, in the company of one of the great black ballet stars of 1930's Paris. It is a devastating critique of colonial rule, which is shown to be destroying African society while Christian missionaries undermine indigenous morality. Africa Dances captures the rich physical and psychological detail of African village life - from food and architecture to witch doctors, dance and magic.