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African Ceremonies
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African Ceremonies Hard cover - 1999

by Carol Beckwith, Angela Fisher

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Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. 2 volume box set. Box is rubbed on front and back. For both volumes, cover is in great condition, biding is tight, and inside is clean and unmarked.
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  • Title African Ceremonies
  • Author Carol Beckwith, Angela Fisher
  • Binding Hard cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 744
  • Volumes 2
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harry N. Abrams, New York
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2048684
  • ISBN 9780810942059 / 0810942054
  • Weight 15.88 lbs (7.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 14.54 x 10.77 x 2.98 in (36.93 x 27.36 x 7.57 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Africa - Social life and customs, Rites and ceremonies - Africa
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99024434
  • Dewey Decimal Code 392.096

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CONTENTS: v. 1. African childhood ; Krobo coming of age (Ghana) ; Taneka initiation (Benin) ; Maasai circumcision (Kenya) ; Ndebele womanhood (South Africa) ; Bassari age passages (Senegal) ; Maasai warriorhood (Kenya, Tanzania) ; Surma courtship (Ethiopia) ; Wodaabe charm dances (Niger) ; Swazi reed dance (Swaziland) ; Berber brides (Morocco) ; Hassania veil dance (Morocco) ; Rashaida wedding (Eritrea) ; Swahili brides (Kenya) ; Tuareg marriage (Niger) ; Ndebele nuptials (South Africa) ; Zulu wedding (South Africa) ; Himba marriage (Namibia) ; Brides of Africa ; The Emir’s court (Nigeria) ; Baganda coronation (Uganda) ; Ashanti royal gold (Ghana) -- v. 2. Dinka cattle camp (Sudan) ; Omo rituals (Ethiopia) ; Fulani cattle crossing (Mali) ; Bedik planting rites (Senegal) ; Ewe yam blessing (Ghana) ; Kassena harvest rituals (Ghana) ; Bobo bush masks (Burkina Faso) ; Fon spirit masks (Benin) ; Yoruba masquerade (Benin, Nigeria) ; Ndebele house paintin ; Soothsayers and diviners (Ivory Coast, Kenya, Niger, Benin) ; Priests and priestesses (Togo, Ghana) ; Vodou (Togo, Ghana) ; Himba healing (Namibia) ; Tuareg Muslim festival (Niger) ; Spirits & ancestors ; Surma burial rites (Ethopia) ; Dogon Dama funeral (Mali) ; Senufo spirit masks (Ivory Coast) ; Egungun masquerade (Benin, Nigeria) ; Ga fantasy coffins (Ghana).

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