Synopsis
Kongo Across the Watersis an ambitious and surpassingly beautiful art catalogue. It was originally produced to accompany an exhibition, mounted by the Harn Museum of the University of Florida, that is currently on view at the Carter Center in Atlanta. It explores the culture of the Kongo people of West Africa. Kongo was a once mighty kingdom that included parts of the French Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Congo Belge (the former Zaire), and Angola. Further, during the years of the slave trade, many members of its Bantu ethnic group were transported to the southern United States, Haiti, Cuba, and Brazil.
The exhibition and the catalogue benefitted substantially from the loan of objects by the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Belgium, adding depth to our understanding the complexity of Kongo cosmology, ceremony, and art. But, for my money, the most exceptional feature of both show and book was the Harn Museum's decision to focus as well on the impact of the Kongo people on the New World. This makes both the show and book critically relevant for those wanting to know more about the contributions of West African culture to the larger patchwork of life in these United States.
Readers intrigued by this interplay may also wish to pick up a copy of Robert Farris Thompson's Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy. This modestly-sized book, published in the early 1980s, examines not only the New World influence of the Kongo people but also that of the Yoruba, Mande, and Ejagham.
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Susan Cooksey is curator of African Art at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Florida, USA
Robin Poynor is professor of art history at the University of Florida, USA.
Hein Vanhee is a curator of African collections at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Belgium.
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Kongo Across the Waters
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The University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2013
ISBN 10 : 0813049458
ISBN 13 : 9780813049458
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Soft cover. Etat : 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"**. N° de réf. du vendeur 010347
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Kongo across the Waters
Edité par
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2013
ISBN 10 : 0813049458
ISBN 13 : 9780813049458
Ancien ou d'occasion
Softcover
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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. N° de réf. du vendeur 212540
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