- Gebundene Ausgabe: 310 Seiten
- Verlag: HNA Books (August 1990)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0810919028
- ISBN-13: 978-0810919020
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 36 x 27 x 2,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (6 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 427.968 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Beckwith and Fisher's visually stunning pictorials of African cultures (they have worked separately on earlier books about the Masai and Fulani) combine beautiful photos of people and objects with easy-to-read explanatory texts sprinkled with charming line drawings. Joining forces here, with the literary assistance of journalist Hancock, they focus on probably the least understood and most "exotic" African region. Each chapter covers a different people among Ethiopia's remarkably diverse cultures: Coptic Christians, Falasha Jews, Somali Moslems, and traditional animists. Lacking an index and extensive bibliography, the book's value as a research tool is limited, yet as visual documentation of little-known cultures and art forms it is strongly recommended.
- Eugene C. Burt, Seattle
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Eugene C. Burt, Seattle
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This is a masterpiece of beautiful photography and informative text. It explores the people and cultures of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia, from the sophisticated cultures of the Christian highlands and Islamic coast to the nomads of the Ogaden desert and the pastoral, farming and hunter-gatherer tribes of southwestern Ethiopia.
The chapters are as follow: Prayers Of Stone, dealing with Lalibela and Axum and the ancient Christian ceremonies of the highlands; Heavenly World, dealing with Gondar and Lake Tana, the Falasha and the Amhara; Desert People Of Eritrea And The Rift Valley, dealing with the Afar and Beja; Empire Of The Senses, dealing with the Islamic coast, the island of Lamu and the connections with India, Arabia and the African coast.
Chapter 5 investigates the Somali and the nomads of the Ogaden desert; Chapter 6 looks at the Oromo pilgrimage to Sheikh Hussein and to the caves of Sof Omar. The following three chapters deal with the far southwest, the peoples of southwestern Ethiopia, including the Bumi, Mursi, Anuak, Nuer, Surma and the Karo.
The colour photographs are spectacular and the book also contains black and white line drawings and portraits of the two photographers. There are extensive bibliographic references and plenty of maps. This is an opus magnus and must be the best book available on the peoples and cultures of this part of Africa. I highly recommend it.
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A friend lent me this book some years ago and I immediately bought a copy. It is not a cheap book, but if I had a dollar for every time a visitor got lost in it, it would have been paid for many times over.
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One of the few good books I have ever read on a history of a third world country.
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The most vivid pictorial book on Ethiopia
After seeing this book in the hands of friends, I am glad to finally have it in my special book collections. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
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I had this book for a long time and everybody who looks at it cant let go.Great pictures.As an Ethiopian it makes me feel great to show people my country and my history. Elsabeth
Veröffentlicht am 10. Dezember 1998 von elsa1hc@earthlink.net
A fascinating look into the ancient cultures of Ethiopia
My wife and I ordered this book after adopting a child from Ethiopia. We have learned a lot from it - even our Ethiopian friends cannot let go of it once they started reading it.
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juni 1998 von Michael Rask Christensen (micrask@get2net.dk)
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