Insight and Artistry in African Divination
Publisher: Smithsonian
Published: November 17, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781560988847
Subjects: Cultural studies; Customs; Ethnic studies; Fortune-telling & divination; Social & cultural anthropology; Divination; Anthropology - Cultural; Art; Religion - World Religions; Social Science; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnic & Tribal; African; Africa, Central; Africa, West; Art, Black
Description: "Focusing on the role of artistry in African divination rituals, this book's fifteen essays by leading scholars reveal the similarities and differences in the practices of a wide range of sub-Saharan cultures.

While suggesting that a shared tradition underlies the religious and artistic expressions of the Yoruba, Luba, Chokwe, Yaka, Pende, Punu, Guro, and other peoples of the region, the contributors also document variation in words, sounds, and gestures as well as in the ritual artifacts themselves - not only from one divination system to another but also within individual communities."--BOOK JACKET.