Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking perf...

Walter E. A. van Beek draws on over four decades of extensive fieldwork to offer an in-depth stud...

Thisstudy on Kapsiki-Higi tales compares two corpuses of stories collected overtwo generations. ...

Thisstudy on Kapsiki-Higi tales compares two corpuses of stories collected overtwo generations. ...

As one of their great figures, the Dogon of Mali honor Abir¿, a singer and prophet from the ninet...

William C. Olsen lectures in the African Studies Program at Georgetown University.

William C. Olsen, Walter E. A. van Beek, and the contributors to this volume seek to understand h...

Throughout Africa one craft among many stands out: that of the blacksmith. In many African cultur...

From crab divination in the Cameroon (front cover) to friction oracles in the Congo Basin, from r...

This is the first major collection for over a decade on the subject of African religion.

The Dogon people of Mali, West Africa, never cease to fascinate. With the spectacular scenery and...

Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking perf...