Flash of the Spirit

Flash of the Spirit African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy

1st Vintage Books Edition

Paperback (12 Aug 1984)

Save $1.70

  • RRP $20.23
  • $18.53
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7 days

Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780394723693
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Vintage Books
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Vintage Books Edition
DEWEY: 973.0496
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 317
Weight: 326g
Height: 134mm
Width: 202mm
Spine width: 19mm