ISBN: 9780813049458 - kongo across the waters (5 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pictorial cardstock cover with glued binding; no bent corners, creases, underlining or highlightling; seems unread and unopened; No marks or writing, clean tight binding; ; Signed by one author on title page; The sophisticated artistic and culture life of the area today is Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with considerable historical depth over five centures of West Cental Africa links with the descendents of North America; color illustration; index; ; 448 pages; Editor Signed by Editor.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. 10.90 X 8.50 X 1.40 inches; 448 pp; , , Very nice attractive new book.

Paperback. Zustand: New. 10.90 X 8.50 X 1.40 inches; 448 pp; , , Very nice attractive new book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Photo illustrated wraps with inked titles. Wraps show some bumping to foot edge, smudging and edgewear. Corners are lightly scuffed. See photos. Spine has title in beige and is bright, with firm ends. Binding is secure. Illustrations are bright and clear. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have some marks to fore and foot edges. Please see photos.** PS2025.1022** 458 pages. 8.5 X 11 inches** A Very Good copy of this scholarly compilation of studies on Kongo culture and history and its place in the African diaspora. Interior is crisp and bright, with a little wear to the wraps, which show some handling and marks to the edges.** This volume allows leading scholars of Kongo history, anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, and art to examine the history of Kongo peoples from the fifteenth century through today. These essays probe the historical interactions between the Kongolese and the Atlantic world, Kongo presence and influence in the United States, and Kongo inspired artistic expression in contemporary art." (back cover)** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010347"**.…

Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps. 458 pp., many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a series of 2013-2015 exhibitions seeking connections of African art with that of African Americans across the Atlantic. "Immersing readers in Kongo history and culture, the contributors to [this book] investigate how an African culture with considerable historical depth evolved over five centuries in West Central Africa and also contributed significantly to the process of clture formation in communtiies of enslaved Africans and descendants of enslaved Africans in North America. By lookin at art from Kongo and from African American communities in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, [this book] brings to light historic links between West Central Africa and North America. This volume invites leading scholars of Kongo history, anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, and art to examine the history of Kongo peoples from the fifteenth century through today. These essays probe the historical interactions between the Kongolese and the Atlantic world, Kongo presence and influence in the United States, and Kongo-inspired artistic expression in contemporary art." (dj). VG. Light wear and bumping around the wrapper edges. Else clean and unmarked.…