Download or read book The Art of West Africa Principally Liberia and Its Shamanistic and Spiritual Ties to the Culture written by Richard A. Singletary and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Way of the Elders written by Adama Doumbia and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers catch a rare glimpse of West African spirituality in "The Way of the Elders," co-authored by a West African native raised in the Mande tradition. This spiritual guidebook explores offerings, charms, herbal healing, shamans, the importance of wildlife, and the four elements of nature.

Download or read book Handbook of West African Art written by William Russell Bascom and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spirit of the Ancestors written by Susan Schuster Campbell and published by Lotus Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirit of the Ancestors: Lessons from Africa explores modern problems using a beautifully simple window to our inner truths. Westerners who have never traveled to Africa, or in some cases had no particular interest in African culture, report their success using the author's healing practice of honoring their ancestors. Mystical guidance was never so clear

Download or read book African Art in Cultural Perspective written by William Russell Bascom and published by New York : Norton. This book was released on 1973 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A general survey of African art as it reflects tribal and cultural influences.

Download or read book Visions from the Forests written by Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of the same name organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and held at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., April 9-August 17, 2014; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, September 20, 2014-January 18, 2015; Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, March-May 2015; and High Museum of Art, Atlanta, July-October 2015.

Download or read book Icon and Image written by Denis Williams and published by New York : New York University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Visual Arts of Africa written by Judith Perani and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special features of this book: follows a geographical organization across the continent; each chapter is reader friendly with clear, accessible sub-headings; represents important religious and utilitarian art traditions from the Sahara desert, West Africa, Central Africa, Northeast Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa; gives special attention to the themes of gender, power, and life cycle rituals, which frequently intersect with one another to form an understanding of the arts of Africa; includes figurative sculpture, masquerades, architecture, textiles, dress, ceramics, wall painting, and leatherwork traditions; includes selected examples of the earliest known documented art works as well as contemporary art of each geographical region; includes an up-to-date bibliography, incorporating recent published field research for each chapter; and features 369 black and white illustrations, 16 colored plates, maps, and a time line.

Download or read book Introduction to Traditional Art of Western Africa written by E. V. Asihene and published by London : Constable. This book was released on 1972 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spirits in Stone written by Anthony Ponter and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first book on Zimbabwean Shona sculpture to be printed in the West will forever change the way you think and feel about contemporary art. Discover the stunning beauty of the stone sculpture, the extraordinary people who create it and the ancient African land which inspires such profound expressions of love and hope."--front cover

Download or read book Arts of West Africa Excluding Music written by Michael Ernest Sadler and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Healing Wisdom of Africa written by Malidoma Patrice Somé and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, detailed journey through the traditional healing practices of West Africa by a beloved shaman and scholar.

Download or read book Rock of the Ancestors written by Cuttington University College. Africana Museum and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Face of the Gods written by Robert Farris Thompson and published by Museum for African Art/Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. This book was released on 1993 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thompson examines the altar traditions in cultures from the Atlantic coast region of Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Download or read book A Study of Selected Art Forms of the Baoule People of West Africa and the Residual Influences of Such Cultural Objects on Evangelism Spiritual Warfare and Church Planting written by Ebele Adioye and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ceremonial Art of West Africa written by Kresge Art Center. Gallery and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lega Culture Art Initiation and Moral Philosophy Among a Central African People written by Daniel P. Biebuyck and published by Berkeley : University of California Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Highland boy discovers he has the gift of Second Sight.