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Allan, Tony & John Cottrell (editors). EAST AFRICA. Time-Life, Library of Nations. BNo. 0-7054-0858-2. |
| | Third Printing, 1989. Pp: 160; 275mm x 220mm; 0.88kg. Num col & b/w, maps (ep). |
| | Acknowledgments, picture credits, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: |
| | vg. Time-Life Books, Amsterdam, 1989. (This book describes the making of the three countries of East |
| | Africa and the diverse peoples who inhabit those countries now.) (Keywords: Kenya, Tanzania, |
| | Zanzibar, Uganda). |
| | Book Code: | C508 | AU | $35 |
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Beckwith, Carol & Angela Fisher. AFRICAN ARK. The Horn of Africa. BNo. 0-00-272780-3. First |
| | Edition, 1990. Pp: 318; 350mm x 260mm; 2.70kg. Num col, fig & maps. Acknowledgments, preface, |
| | introduction, references. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. William Collins Sons and |
| | Co Ltd, London, 1990. (This book is a record of a five-year journey through the Horn of Africa with many |
| | magnificent photographs of the indigenous peoples) (Keywords: Culture history, material culture, East |
| | Africa, Tigray, Amhara, Ethiopia, Somalia, Afar, Oromo, Ogaden, Konso, Borana, Hamar). |
| | Book Code: | C359 | AU | $120 |
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Beckwith, Carol & Tepilit Ole Saitoti. MAASAI. Stages of life of an East African tribes people. BNo. |
| | 0-00-272163-5. Reprint Edition, 1991 (1980). Pp: 276; 340mm x 260mm; 2.42kg. 240 col, 40 fig, 3 |
| | maps. Acknowledgments. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Harvill (Harper Collins |
| | Publishers), London, 1991. (The text is written by a Maasai - it documents their living story. It recounts |
| | the ancient legends, reveals the songs and prayers, and describes the stages of life for a Maasai. This |
| | text is well supported with photographs of their feasts and ceremonies) (Keywords: Cultural history, |
| | material culture, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania). |
| | Book Code: | E053 | AU | $120 |
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Clarke, Duncan. AFRICAN ART. A full range of African creativity. BNo. 1-85841-152-1. First Edition, |
| | 1995. Pp: 112; 365mm x 260mm; 1.20kg. 80 col. Introduction, acknowledgments. A very good copy in |
| | dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Bison Books Ltd, London, 1995. (This book shows the full range of |
| | African creativity, from sophisticated bronze sculpture to elaborate shell and bead headdresses, from |
| | carved wooden thrones to richly colourful textiles. This survey provides an introduction to African art) |
| | (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Africa, Maasai, Giriama, Senufo, Igbo, Ntumu Fang). |
| | Book Code: | G291 | AU | $40 |
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Cornet, J. A SURVEY OF ZAIRIAN ART. The Bronson Collection. BNo. 0-88259-091-X. First Edition, |
| | 1978. Pp: 379; 290mm x 260mm; 2.82kg. 207 col & b/w, 12 maps. Foreword, collectors' notes, |
| | preface, introduction, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. North |
| | Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1978. (The author lived among the local people in Zaire to discover |
| | new sculpture work, learning meanings, names and ritual usages of the art, examining the |
| | inter-relationship of the art of various tribes, and analysing the aesthetic elements of the sculptures) |
| | (Keyworks: Ethnology, Central Africa, Zaire, Yombe, Vili, Teke, Pende, Tshokwe, Kuba, Luba). |
| | Book Code: | G047 | AU | $120 |
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Duerden, Dennis. AFRICAN ART - AN INTRODUCTION. Masks and sculpture set against a |
| | background. BNo. 0-600-34853-9. First Edition, 1974 Pp: 96; 285mm x 210mm; 0.65kg. 94 col & b/w, |
| | 1 map. Introduction, bibliography, acknowledgments, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: |
| | g. Hamlyn Publishing Group, London, 1974. (The author describes the African society and the |
| | geographical, historical and mythological background. The society is also discussed in relation to the |
| | arts and its contact with the Western world.) (Keywords: Ethnology, West, Central, Africa, Mumuye, |
| | Yoruba, Ife, Bobo-Fing, Bamum, Bakuba.). |
| | Book Code: | H300 | AU | $25 |
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