Face of the Gods

Face of the Gods
Author: Robert Farris Thompson
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1993
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Thompson examines the altar traditions in cultures from the Atlantic coast region of Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and the United States.

The Face of Africa

The Face of Africa
Author: Stan Chu Ilo
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2012-12-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1725232480

"A technical insight to Africa's development." -- United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva "This book is good news and a compelling work of our times. It creates hope, challenges despair, re-establishes authentic human development and original African values." --Prof. Obiora Ike, Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace, Nigeria "A very precious contribution to Christian conversation on the future of Africa by a young African researcher." --Prof. Benezet Bujo, Chair, Centre for Moral Theology and Social Ethics, University of Freibourg, Switzerland "This book is a stirring manifesto for social reconstruction and interior transformation in Africa." --Prof. James H. Olthuis, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto "This is a bold attempt at contextual theology." --Dr. Joseph Faniran, Catholic Institute for West Africa "Stan Chu Ilo is one of Africa's bright stars and provides a Christian socio-ethical compass for navigating life in Africa for generations to come." --Prof. Uche Uguwueze, Professor of African Studies, California State University, Long Beach "A fascinating discourse on the trials and hope of the African continent." --Milwaukee Community Journal, USA

Faces of Africa

Faces of Africa
Author: Carol Beckwith
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2009
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781426204241

Presents a selection of full-color photographs from across Africa, covering topics including sense of place, the joy of being, inner journeys, patterns of beauty, rhythm from within, and capacity to endure.

Three Faces of Beauty

Three Faces of Beauty
Author: Susan Ossman
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2002-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780822328964

DIVA transnational study of female beauty based in an ethnographic study of beauty salons in Cairo, Casablanca, and Paris./div