Africa’s rich and diverse artistic traditions vividly express a spiritual view of the world. Here are line drawings of more than 300 fascinating symbols of their beliefs, with an examination of their cultural meaning: magnificent sculptures and masks from Western and Central Africa; stylized ornaments from North Africa and the Sahel zone; beautiful clothing, jewelry, and hairpieces of nomadic East Africa; and intriguing objects from South Africa.
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Symbols of Africa is an impressive attempt to cover a very wide range of cultures and subjects. The 'symbols' range from hair styles and body modifications to jewelry and cloth designs. Most of this is not very organized and poorly illustrated. But the chapter on Adinkra Symbols (pictured around the border of the book's cover) is very good. In this chapter the illustrations capture the symbols in their rough, natural form. Precise, one-sentence descriptions accompany each Adinkra symbol. The book is worth it for this one golden chapter.
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