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First Notes on Koma Culture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 562

First Notes on Koma Culture

Although the Koma are known throughout the world as a result of the so-called Komaland-terracottas, excavated in the 1980s, no extensive ethnographic publication about their culture has appeared yet. The present book comprises some of the results of author Franz Kroger's surveys during six field research trips between 1984 and 2008. It is also based on the profound knowledge of the co-author, Ben Baluri Saibu, a lawyer from the Koma village of Yikpabongo. The main focus of the book is the social, political and economic structure of the Koma, as well as their material culture, and, above all, their traditional religion and the extraordinarily dynamic history. A Konni-English word list with approximately 2400 entries might be interesting for linguists specialised in the West African Gur languages.

The Book of Human Emotions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 353

The Book of Human Emotions

Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Is your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Are you curious (perhaps about this book)? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok? Or giddy with dépaysement? The Book of Human Emotions is a gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar. Each has its own story, and reveals the strange forces which shape our rich and varied internal worlds. In reading it, you'll discover feelings you never knew you had (like basorexia, the sudden urge to kiss someone), uncover the secret histories of boredom and confidence, and gain unexpected insights into why we feel the way we do. Pub...

Research Review
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 124

Research Review

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Koma-Bulsa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 198

Koma-Bulsa

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: ISIAO

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Die vergessene Kultur
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 250

Die vergessene Kultur

  • Categories: Art

Dieses Buch gewährt einen neuen aufschlussreichen Einblick in eine bisher noch weitgehend unerschlossene Kultur Afrikas der Komaland anhand zahlreicher Abbildungen. Die Terrakotta-Objekte des Komalandes wurden erst um 1980 in Nordghana entdeckt und haben sowohl Wissenschaftler als auch Kunstexperten überrascht und eine intensive Beschäftigung mit dieser Kultur notwendig gemacht. Da es keine zeitgenössischen, schriftlichen Quellen über die Komaland-Terrakotten gibt, wurden sie mit denen untergegangener und noch lebender Kulturen (Akan, Djenné, Bulsa, Lobi, Gan) verglichen und nach neustem Stand der archäologischen Forschung wissenschaftlich aufgearbeitet.

Die steinernen Wächter der Dogon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 470

Die steinernen Wächter der Dogon

Anstoß zur Entdeckung eines unbekannten Kults der Dogon in Mali gab eine in den 1950er- und 1960er-Jahren zusammengetragene Privatsammlung mit mehr als 500 steinernen Objekten. Der Kult mit Fokus auf kunstvoll skulptierten Steinen kam Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts zum Erliegen. Formenreichtum und stilistischer Ausdruck der anthropomorph oder zoomorph geformten Steine beeindrucken und erinnern an archäologische Funde aus Guinea oder Sierra Leone. Der Autor stellt die Sammlung vor, beleuchtet Hintergründe und Ausrichtung des Kults und belegt, dass Stein in Afrika häufiger zur Herstellung sakraler Objekte verwendet wurde als bislang angenommen.

Ancestor Worship Among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 138

Ancestor Worship Among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1982
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Bulsa Sunsuelima
  • Language: en

Bulsa Sunsuelima

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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An N Archaeology of Elmina
  • Language: en

An N Archaeology of Elmina

An Archaeology of Elmina examines a complex African settlement on the coast of present-day Ghana from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries using the archaeological record, European narratives, and indigenous oral histories. Placing the site in broader context as the first European trading post in sub-Saharan Africa, Christopher DeCorse explores the developments there in light of Portuguese, Dutch, and British expansion and illustrates remarkable cultural continuity in the midst of technological change. Originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 2001.

Contribution to the Ethnography of Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 470

Contribution to the Ethnography of Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1950
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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