The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa

by Patrick R. McNaughton

Book Overview

" . . . finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it describes and explores." --American Ethnologist

"The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading . . . " --Choice

"The Mande Blacksmith is an important book . . . sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough . . . " --African Arts

"McNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253207983
• ISBN13: 9780253207982
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"