Walter E. A. van Beek, Oumarou S. Ongoiba, Atimè D. Saye

Singing with the Dogon Prophet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As one of their great figures, the Dogon of Mali honor Abir¿, a singer and prophet from the nineteenth century who composed the principal mourning songs. This book examines how these prophecies and songs form a poignant expression of ethnic Dogon philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781793654250
• ISBN-10: 1793654255
• Artikelnr.: 63155659

Autorenporträt

By Walter E.A. van Beek; Oumarou S. Ongoiba and Atimè D. Saye

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Singing through the night
Chapter 2: A Dogon heritage
Chapter 3: The blind singer
Chapter 4: The baja ni in Dogon culture
Chapter 5: The songs
Chapter 6: Prophecies
Appendix 1: The singers
Appendix 2: Villages with information on Abir¿
Appendix 3: List of Jamsay and Toro so terms
Bibliography