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The Masque of Africa
- Glimpses of African Belief
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Masque of Africa af V.S. Naipaul, 9780330472043
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Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9780330472043
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0330472046
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
17 jun 2011
Størrelse i cm:
19,7 x 13,0 x 2,1
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
17 jun 2011
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The Masque of Africa

- Glimpses of African Belief
Engelsk
Paperback 2011
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Moving beyond travelogue, V. S. Naipaul''s The Masque of Africa considers the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of African civilization. Beginning in Uganda, at the centre of the continent, Naipaul’s journey takes in Ghana and Nigeria, the Ivory Coast and Gabon, and ends, as the country does, in South Africa.

Focusing upon the theme of belief – though sometimes the political or economical realities are so overwhelming that they have to be taken into account – Naipaul examines the fragile but enduring quality of the old world of magic. To witness the ubiquity of such ancient ritual, to be given some idea of its power, was to be taken far back to the beginning of things. To reach that beginning was the purpose of this book.

‘The quality of Naipaul’s writing – simple, concise, engaging – rarely varies . . . Above all, Naipaul’s latest African journey is eyewitness reporting at its best’ Time

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9780330472043
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0330472046
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
17 jun 2011
Størrelse i cm:
19,7 x 13,0 x 2,1
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
17 jun 2011
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