This 1992 study of the cattle-horned initiation masks of southern Senegal and Gambia weaves together art history, history and cultural anthropology to give a detailed view of Casamance cultures, as they have interacted and changed over the past two centuries.
This 1992 study of the cattle-horned initiation masks of southern Senegal and Gambia weaves together art history, history and cultural anthropology to give a detailed view of Casamance cultures, as they have interacted and changed over the past two centuries.
The vibrant culture of the Jola people of Senegal's Casamance region is epitomized by the colorful rituals of the male initiation ceremony, which occurs once in a generation. In The Wild Bull and the Sacred Forest: Form, Meaning, and Change in Senegambian Initiation Masks, Dr. P…
This 1992 study of the cattle-horned initiation masks of southern Senegal and Gambia weaves together art history, history and cultural anthropology to give a detailed view of Casamance cultures, as they have interacted and changed over the past two centuries.
The vibrant culture of the Jola people of Senegal's Casamance region is epitomized by the colorful rituals of the male initiation ceremony, which occurs once in a generation. In The Wild Bull and the Sacred Forest: Form, Meaning, and Change in Senegambian Initiation Masks, Dr. P…
"This book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite Côte. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent to them by the newly established Portuguese Jewish comm…
"This book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite Côte. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent to them by the newly established Portuguese Jewish comm…
