For Spirits and Kings

For Spirits and Kings
Author: Susan Mullin Vogel
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1981
Genre: Art, African
ISBN: 0870992678

Spirit of the Kings

Spirit of the Kings
Author: J. J. Madrigal
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2016-08-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781537062600

In the times of the ancients, people were unruly and murderous. The Moon wept with sadness at the violence and hatred people had for one another. As the Moon's tears fell upon the lands, seven animal spirits manifested. These spirits began to seek out the most righteous soul from each land. The seven chosen souls became one with their animal spirit and became kings over their people. They were forever protected and enlightened by their animal spirit which the people called "Shama." Each of these original Shama were known as: The Spirit of the Kings As the world became peaceful again, the Moon blessed all future newborns with their own Shama as a reward for the end of violence. Generations of peace followed, however, the people would, naturally, turn to violence once again. A great war erupted between the lands. All seven spirit of the kings were lost. They were now merely a memory: a legend. Noble families were elected to rule the lands in the absence of the true heirs. For generations, these families ruled the lands, however, rumors reached the queen of Azira that one of the sacred animals was seen heading towards the small colony of Canary Glenn. After many years, the true heir of the land would be born within a colony of peasants. This was an event that the royal family would prevent at any cost.

Kings, Gods & Spirits from African Mythology

Kings, Gods & Spirits from African Mythology
Author: Jan Knappert
Publisher: VNew York : Schocken ; Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1986
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780805240184

A collection of African myths, legends and fables about gods, spirits, ghosts, heroes, and animals.

Flash of the Spirit

Flash of the Spirit
Author: Robert Farris Thompson
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2010-05-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0307874338

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.

For Spirits and Kings

For Spirits and Kings
Author: Susan Mullin Vogel
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: Sculpture
ISBN: 9780870992681

Art of Central Africa

Art of Central Africa
Author: Hans-Joachim Koloss
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 89
Release: 1990
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0870995901

Kings, Spirits and Memory in Central India

Kings, Spirits and Memory in Central India
Author: Aditya Pratap Deo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000460940

Part anthropological history and part memoir, this book is a unique study of the polity of the colonial-princely state of Kanker in central India. The author, a scion of the erstwhile ruling family of Kanker, delves into the oral accounts given in the ancestral deity practices of the mixed tribe-caste communities of the region to highlight popular narratives of its historical polity. As he struggles with his own dilemmas as ethnographer-king, what comes into view is a polity where the princely state is drawn out amidst a terrain of gods and spirits as much as that of law courts and magistrates, and political power is divided, contested and shared between the raja/state and the people. This study constitutes not only an intervention in the larger debate on the relationship between state formations and tribal peoples, but also on the very nature of history as a knowledge practice, especially the understandings of power, authority and sovereignty in it. Combining intensive ethnography, complementary archival work and crucial theoretical questions engaging social scientists worldwide, the author charts an unusual explanatory path that can allow us to obtain a meaningful understanding of societies/peoples that have historically been marginalized and seen as different. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of history, anthropology, politics, religion, tribal society and Modern South Asia.

The Art of Africa

The Art of Africa
Author: Christa Clarke
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588391906

A CD-ROM and DVD set extracted from the 'The Art of Africa: A Resource for Educators.' The CD-ROM "contains a PDF of 'The Art of Africa: A Resource for Educators, ' which features forty traditional works of African art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It includes a brief overview of the Metropolitan's collection of African art; a short introduction and history of Africa; an explanation of the role of visual expression in the continent; descriptions of the featured works of art and background about the materials and techniques that were used to created them ... The DVD, 'Ci Wara Invocation, ' "presents the highlights of a dozen ci wara performances in Bamana communities in present-day Mali that were recorded by five different observers between 1970-2002. Among the Bamana, oral traditions credit a mythical being named Ci Wara, a divine being half mortal and half antelope, with the introduction of agriculture to the Bamana. The ci wara performances are part of biannual celebrations that either launch or conclude the farming season."--Container

Genesis

Genesis
Author: Alisa LaGamma
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588390748

The seventy-five masterpieces presented here, drawn from public and private American collections, are among the most celebrated icons of African art, works that are superb artistic creations as well as expressions of a society's most profound conceptions about its beginnings. All are reproduced in color and are accompanied by entries that illuminate the distinctive cultural contexts that inspired their creation and informed their appreciation."--BOOK JACKET.

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry
Author: Ras Michael Brown
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2012-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139561049

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporating American forms of Christianity into an African-based spirituality. This book illuminates how people of African descent engaged the spiritual landscape of the Lowcountry through their subsistence practices, religious experiences and political discourse.