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.
- ISBN10 0394723694
- ISBN13 9780394723693
- Publish Date 12 August 1984 (first published 1 January 1983)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House USA Inc
- Edition 1st Vintage Books ed
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 336
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780394723693