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The visual arts of Africa : gender, power, and life cycle rituals / Judith Perani ; Fred T. Smith

Reviewed by Barbara E. Frank in African arts (Los Angeles) 32 (1) spring 1999, pages 14-16 (N1.A258 AFA). Western and central Sudanic societies -- Western Sudanic village-based societies -- The ...
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From cleaning corpses to sex with strangers, widow rituals fuel disease in Africa

DOUALA/DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Clarisse's husband died of malaria last year in the Cameroonian city of Douala, she was kicked out of their home by his family and forced to marry his ...
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The visual arts of Africa gender, power, and life cycle rituals Fred T. Smith, Judith Perani ; with contributions from Joseph L. Underwood and Martha J. Ehrlich

Introduction -- Northwest Africa and the Sahara -- Western and Central Sudanic Societies -- Western Sudanic Village Based Societies -- The Western Guinea Coast -- The Arts of the Akan of the Ivory ...