Africa Dances - Brossura

Gorer, Geoffrey

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0907871186 ISBN 13: 9780907871187

Casa editrice: Eland & Sickle Moon Books, 2003

Riassunto

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. Gorer witnesses men diving for three-quarters of an hour without coming up for breath, witch-doctors conjuring thunder-storms out of clear blue skies and chameleon fetishists whose skin changes from a dirty white to almost black. This is a place where if you believed, you could.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Eland & Sickle Moon Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0907871186
• ISBN 13: 9780907871187
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 291