Africa

Name: Africa
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ISBN: 9780520259744

ISBN-10: 0520259742

ISBN-13: 9780520259744

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ivan Bargna

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This spectacular volume, at once a concise resource guide and a fascinating read, brings the dazzling variety of sub-Saharan Africa to life with its inviting, innovative approach.Africatells its story through hundreds of breathtaking full-color, full-page images of people, landscapes, artworks, and artifacts accompanied by extended explanatory captions, relevant quotations, and concise overviews of topics such as art, religion, colonialism, slavery, and popular culture. Attentive to the ways in which we have constructed and deconstructed meanings of Africa, the crisp text encompasses recent understandings of history. The book explores the contemporary dimension as well, illuminating…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 0.53" wide x 0.80" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Introduction


Peoples


Power and Society


Divinities and Religion


Ancestor Worship


Human Habitats


References


Map of Precolonial Sub-Saharan Africa


Chronology


Museums


Index


Bibliography


Photo Credits


Contents