Thompson, Robert Farris.

Flash of the spirit. African and Afro-American art and philosophy. Robert Farris Thompson.

First Vintage books edition. New York, Vintage Books, 1984. 21 cm. XVII, 317 pages Original Softcover. Secondhand book in very good condition.

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. (Publishers information).

• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394723694
• Inventory Number: 400279AB

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