Title: Africa dances
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.
Subjects: Black Dance, Dance, Description and travel, Ethnology, Blacks, Folk dancing, Dancing, Africa, west, social life and customs, Africa, west, description and travel, Black people, African Americans, Colonial influence, Social life and customs, Travel
Places: West Africa, Africa
Time periods: 1851-1950