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LEADER: 03749cam 22006131i 4500
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003 OCoLC
005 20210927023017.0
008 730710s1961 nyua b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aJahn, Janheinz,$eauthor.
240 10 $aMuntu.$lEnglish
245 10 $aMuntu :$ban outline of the new African culture /$cby Janheinz Jahn ; translated by Marjorie Grene.
264 1 $aNew York,$bGrove Press$c[1961]
264 4 $c©1961
300 $a267 pages$billustrations$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aEvergreen ;$vE332-A.
500 $aTranslation from the German original: Muntu : Umrisse der neoafrikanischen Kultur.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 252-259) and indexes.
505 00 $gPart 1.$tSkokian?-Problem and Method --$tQuo vadis Africa? --$tTraditional and modern (Jaspers' theory of history) --$tSkokian (Malinowski's theory of cultural change) -$tNeo-African culture (All history is myth) --$tMuntu (The problem of man) --$gThe$treal African --$tBlack souls in a white world --$gThe$tarrangement of the book --$gPart 2.$tVoodoo-The Embodiment of the Gods --$tOld accounts of the cult --$gThe$tvoodoo ceremony of the Arada rite --$gThe$tgods (loas) --$gThe embodiment of the gods --$tReligion and politics --$gPart 3.$tRumba-The Meaning of the Dances --$gThe$tsanteria --$tNanigismo (the secret society) --$gThe$torigins of rumba --$tRumba rhythm in lyric poetry --$gPart 4.$tNTU-African Philosophy --$gThe$tbasic principles --$gThe$tfour categories --$tGod --$tLife and death --$tDeath and re-birth --$tReligion and ethics --$gPart 5.$tNommo-The Magic Power of the Word --$tMan is the master of things --$tAfrican medicine --$gThe$twords and exorcism --$tNegritude and surrealism --$tNegritude and expressionism --$gPart 6.$tKuntu-Immutability of Style --$tImage and form --$tRhythm --$tMasks --$gThe$tnew art --$gPart 7.$tHantu-History of Literature --$tWriting --$tCulture in time and space --$tResidual-African literature --$tNeo-African literature --$tModern literature in Africa --$gPart 8.$tBlues-The Conflict of Cultures --$tResidual-African elements in North America --$tStates of conflict --$tEurope, the partner --$tConclusion.
651 0 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xCivilization.
650 0 $aNegritude (Literary movement)
651 4 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xCivilization.
650 7 $aCivilization.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00862898
650 7 $aNegritude (Literary movement)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01035590
651 7 $aSub-Saharan Africa.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01239520
653 0 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$aCivilization
700 1 $aGrene, Marjorie,$d1910-2009,$etranslator.
830 0 $aEvergreen ;$vE332-A.
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