African Ceremonies

The Concise Edition

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Photographs by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher

Harry N. Abrams Inc.

Due/Published October 2002, 400 pages, cloth

ISBN 0810934841

A newly designed, one-volume edition of this definitive work on the traditional rituals of Africa, containing more than half the magnificent photographs that were in the original edition plus new images that will focus fresh attention on specific ceremonies. Many of these rituals are vanishing; never have they been portrayed with the intimacy and skill that photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher bring to this book. The photographers introduce each section with a concise, informative essay. Contains over 400 color photographs and is accompanied by an audio CD of African ceremonies. 

Of the original edition:
"These are sumptuous photographs--a visual feast--and they reflect both the photographers' gift for gaining the trust of their subjects and the reciprocal generosity of all sorts of African men and women."--K. Anthony Appiah, The New York Times Book Review