Tracing memory : a glossary of graphic signs and symbols in African art and culture /

Tracing memory : a glossary of graphic signs and symbols in African art and culture /

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Author / Creator:	Faïk-Nzuji Madiya, C., 1944-
Imprint:	Hull, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization ; Louvain, Belgium : International Centre for African Language, Literature and Tradition, c1996.
Description:	217 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Mercury series Paper / Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, 0316-1897 ; no. 71 Paper (Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies) ; no. 71.
Subject:	Art, Black -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Signs and symbols -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Symbolism in art -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Art, Black. Signs and symbols. Symbolism in art. Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2618843

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Other authors / contributors:	Canadian Museum of Civilization. Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. International Centre for African Language, Literature and Tradition (Louvain, Belgium)
ISBN:	0660159651
Notes:	Issued also in French under title: Le dit des signes. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-216) and index.

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Summary:	Tracing Memory provides a systematic inventory of African graphic signs, revealing their creative force of analogy in thought and perception. For the people who use them, they represent a gift from God -- tools to disclose hidden thoughts. Tracing Memory promotes a new way of looking at Africa, its cultures, and its spirituality.
Item Description:	Issued also in French under title: Le dit des signes.
Physical Description:	217 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-216) and index.
ISBN:	0660159651
ISSN:	0316-1897 ;