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Muntu : an outline of the new African culture / by Jahnheinz Jahn; translated by Marjorie Grene.
LIBRA 572.967 J194.EG 1966
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jahn, Janheinz, author.
- Series:
- Evergreen ; E332-A.
- Evergreen ; E-332-A
- Standardized Title:
- Muntu. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Civilization.
- Negritude (Literary movement).
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, 267 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Muntu : the new African culture
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grove Press, Inc., 1961.
- Contents:
- Skokian?-Problem and Method
- Voodoo-The Embodiment of the Gods
- Rumba-The Meaning of the Dances
- Ntu-African Philosophy
- Nommo-The Magic Power of the Word
- Kuntu-Immutability of Style
- Hantu-History of Literature
- Blues-The Conflict of Cultures.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1958 by Eugene Diederichs Verlag, Düssseldorf, Germany as Muntu.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-259) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy is "Eleventh Printing".
- Banks Collection copy has highlighted portions of text, underlines and marginal marks.
- OCLC:
- 22507798
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