Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy

This landmark book shows how five African civilizations–Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande and Cross River–have informed and are reflected in the aesthetic, social and metaphysical traditions (music, sculpture, textiles, architecture, religion, idiogrammatic writing) of black people in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil and other places in the New World.

Author: Robert Farris Thompson
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/12/1984
Pages: 317
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.22w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780394723693
Language: English