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- catalog abstract ""In Africa Dances Gorer takes the reader on an odyssey across West Africa, in the company of one of the great black ballet stars of 1930's Paris. It is a devastating critique of colonial rule, which is shown to be destroying African society while Christian missionaries undermine indigenous morality. Africa Dances captures the rich physical and psychological detail of African village life - from food and architecture to witch doctors, dance and magic"--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog contributor b13147856.
- catalog coverage "Africa, West Colonial influence.".
- catalog coverage "Africa, West Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Africa, West Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In Africa Dances Gorer takes the reader on an odyssey across West Africa, in the company of one of the great black ballet stars of 1930's Paris. It is a devastating critique of colonial rule, which is shown to be destroying African society while Christian missionaries undermine indigenous morality. Africa Dances captures the rich physical and psychological detail of African village life - from food and architecture to witch doctors, dance and magic"--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog description "Senegalese -- Dakar -- The Wolof -- Religion -- Wrestling -- Food -- Personal Histories -- Dakar Nigger -- The Horrible Journey -- The Desert -- The Administration -- Taxes -- Labour Service -- Military Service -- How to Empty a Human Reservoir -- Voiceless Protest -- Mandate -- Fetish -- The Kingdom of Dahomey -- The Fetishist Religion -- Public Rites -- The Fetishist Convents -- Signs and Wonders -- Magic -- Missionaries -- Strange Pilgrimage -- English Interlude -- Africans Dance -- Finale.".
- catalog extent "291 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0907871186".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Eland,".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West Colonial influence.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West.".
- catalog subject "793.31966 21".
- catalog subject "DT472 .G67 2003".
- catalog subject "Folk dancing Africa, West.".
- catalog subject "Gorer, Geoffrey, 1905- Travel Africa, West.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Senegalese -- Dakar -- The Wolof -- Religion -- Wrestling -- Food -- Personal Histories -- Dakar Nigger -- The Horrible Journey -- The Desert -- The Administration -- Taxes -- Labour Service -- Military Service -- How to Empty a Human Reservoir -- Voiceless Protest -- Mandate -- Fetish -- The Kingdom of Dahomey -- The Fetishist Religion -- Public Rites -- The Fetishist Convents -- Signs and Wonders -- Magic -- Missionaries -- Strange Pilgrimage -- English Interlude -- Africans Dance -- Finale.".
- catalog title "Africa dances / Geoffrey Gorer.".
- catalog type "text".