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First US printing. A pathbreaking study; using concepts such as 'muntu' (man or humanity), voodoo (the embodiment of the gods), rumba (the meaning of dance), nommo (the word) ntu (african philosophy). Also includes descriptions of Voodoo and ?-ingos ceremonies in Haiti and Cuba and a discussion of the blues music. Notes, bibliography, an index of names, a subject index and a two page map. Translated from the German by Marjorie Greene. 267p. + 16p. illustrations Very good+ in very good dust jacket. .

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