Faces of Africa

Faces of Africa

Author: Carol Beckwith

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9781426204241

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Presents a selection of full-color photographs from across Africa, covering topics including sense of place, the joy of being, inner journeys, patterns of beauty, rhythm from within, and capacity to endure.


African Ceremonies

African Ceremonies

Author: Carol Beckwith

Publisher:

Published: 2002-10-08

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13:

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A newly designed, affordable one-volume edition of this definitive work on the traditional rituals of Africa, containing more than half the photos that were in the original edition plus new images that will focus fresh attention on specific ceremonies. The book is accompanied by a CD of African ceremonies. 473 photos.


Mourt's Relation

Mourt's Relation

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 1986-09

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0918222842

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Presents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.


Africa

Africa

Author: Social Studies School Service

Publisher: Social Studies

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1560042516

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"Kids learn about ancient civilizations with these enriching, hands-on projects and writing activities."--Page 4 of cover


Painted Bodies

Painted Bodies

Author: Carol Beckwith

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2012-09-18

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 0847834050

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The seminal volume on body painting and adornment by the world’s preeminent photographers of African culture. Following the international masterpiece Africa Adorned, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher have focused on the traditions of body painting spanning the vastly unique cultures of the African continent. In a contemporary world so fascinated with tattoos and piercings, Beckwith and Fisher document the origins of these fashionable adornments as passed down through African tribal culture. Featured are portraits of the richly colored, detailed, and exquisite body paintings of the Surma, Karo, Maasai, Himba, and Hamar peoples, among others. Drawing from expeditions in the field and firsthand experiences with African peoples and cultures over the past thirty years and with more than 250 spectacular photographs, this is the definitive work on the expressiveness and imagination of African cultural painting of the human body.


William Morris

William Morris

Author: Blake Edgar

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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New works by a noted contemporary glass artist.


Navigating Colonial Orders

Navigating Colonial Orders

Author: Kirsten Alsaker Kjerland

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1782385401

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Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. They included Norwegian shipowners, captains, and diplomats; traders and whalers along the African coast and in Antarctica; large-scale plantation owners in Mozambique and Hawai’i; big business men in South Africa; jacks of all trades in the Solomon Islands; timber merchants on Zanzibar’ coffee farmers in Kenya; and King Leopold’s footmen in Congo. This collection reveals narratives of the colonial era that are often ignored or obscured by the national histories of former colonial powers. It charts the entrepreneurial routes chosen by various Norwegians and the places they ventured, while demonstrating the importance of recognizing the complicity of such “non-colonial colonials” for understanding the complexity of colonial history.


The African Experience

The African Experience

Author: Vincent Khapoya

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1317343573

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This book examines the role that Africa has played on the world stage, the African Union, the African leaders' efforts to take care of their own problems and lessen their dependence on the United States and European countries.


An African Prayer Book

An African Prayer Book

Author: Desmond Tutu

Publisher: Image

Published: 2009-03-25

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0307550842

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The great Archbishop of Capetown, South Africa, shares with us the simple but profound secrets of his extraordinary spiritual strength by unveiling his very own book of prayer. Prayer, our conversation with God, needs no set formulas or flowery phrases. It often needs no words at all. But for most believers, the words of others can be a wonderful aid to devotion, especially when these words come front faithful fellow pilgrims. The African Prayer Book is just such an aid, for in this collection all the spiritual riches of the vast and varied continent of Africa are bravely set forth. Here we may delight in Solomon's splendid encounter with the Queen of Sheba, overhear the simple prayer of a penniless Bushman, and glory in the sensuous sonorities of the mysterious liturgies of the Egyptian Copts. Here are Jesus' own encounters with Africa, which provided him refuge at the beginning of his life (from the murderous King Herod) and aid at its end (in the person of Simon of Cyrene, who helped Jesus carry his cross). Here are the prayers of some of the greatest among the mothers and fathers of the Church -- Monica, Augustine, Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian of Carthag -- as well as the prayers from the African diasporas of North America and the Caribbean. From thunderous multi-invocation litanies to quiet meditations, here are prayers that every heart can speak with strength and confidence. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who is for millions the very soul of Africa, is our guide on this unique spiritual journey. His introduction is destined to become a classic, his characteristic energy and optimism light our way, and the words of his favorite prayers (many composed by the Archbishop himself) will stay with us forever.