..". finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it describes and explores." --American Ethnologist
"The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading... " --Choice
"The Mande Blacksmith is an important book... sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough... " --African Arts
"McNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths is undeniably the most profound study of African artists yet published." --Ethnoarts
..". penetrating... McNaughton boldly grapples with the thorniest issues...
..". finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it desc...
One of the most fascinating artistic phenomena in tropical Africa, mbari houses are little known outside Igboland. Art historian Herbert M. Cole has drawn from his extensive research in eastern Nigeria to produce the first book-length study of this unusual art form. Cole describes the building of a mbari mud house to honor the gods, a process rich in tradition and ritual, marked by body painting, drumming, dancing, singing, and chanting. The ecology, socio-cultural systems, and religion of the Owerri area are examined as a backdrop to the elaborate stage of the building process, which may...
One of the most fascinating artistic phenomena in tropical Africa, mbari houses are little known outside Igboland. Art historian Herbert M. Cole ha...
