Africa Dances

by Geoffrey Gorer

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 0907871186

ISBN-13 9780907871187

Publisher Eland Publishing Ltd

Imprint Eland Publishing Ltd

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 26th, 2003

Print length 296 Pages

Weight 378 grams

Dimensions 21.40 x 13.90 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Folk dancing Society & culture: general

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Takes the reader on an odyssey across West Africa, in the company of one of the great black ballet stars of 1930's Paris. It is a devastating critique of colonial rule, which is seen to be destroying African society while Christian missionaries undermine indigenous morality. Africa Dances captures the rich physical and psychological detail of African village life - from food and architecture to witch doctors, dance and magic. Gorer witnesses men diving for three-quarters of an hour without coming up for breath, witch-doctors conjuring thunderstorms out of clear blue skies and chameleon fetishists whose skin changes from a dirty white to almost black. It takes us back to a place where if you believed you could.

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