Kings of Africa. Art and authority in Central Africa. Collection Museum fur Volkerkunde Berlin, editors Beumers, Koloss

Kings of Africa. Art and authority in Central Africa. Collection Museum fur Volkerkunde Berlin, editors Erna Beumers, Hans-Joachim Koloss, Foundation Kings of Africa, Maastricht (Netherlands) 1992, pp. 327, ill. col., cm 31, tela ed. con sovraccoperta. Pubblicazione in lingua inglese. Indice: H. R. H. Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Democracy in traditional African kingdoms – Wolf-Dieter Dube, Preface – Erna Beumers and Hans-Joachim Koloss, Introduction – Jan Vansina, History of Central African Civilization – Id., King in Tropical Africa – Daniel P. Biabuyck, Central African Religion – James W. Fernandez, The Conditions of Appreciation Contemplating a Collection of Fang (and Kota) Mobiliary Art – Hans-Joachim Koloss, Kwifon and Fon in Oku on Kingships in the Cameroon Grasslands – Claude Tardits, The Kingdom of Bamum – John Thornton, The Regalia of the Kingdom of Kongo, 1491-1895 – Marie-Louise Bastin, The Mwanangana Chokwe Chief and Art (Angola) – Jan Vansina, The Cuba Kingdom (Zaire) – Mary H. Nooter, Fragments of Forsaken Glory: Luba Royal CultureInvented and Represented (1883-1992) – Plates – Contributors – Descriptions – Participants. Perfetto.