The Resource Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign, (electronic book)
Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign, (electronic book)
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Resource Information
The item Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Written symbols, religious objects, oral traditions, and body language have long been integrated into the Kongo system of graphic writing of the Bakongo people in Central Africa as well as their Cuban descendants. The comprehensive Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign provides a significant overview of the social, religious, and historical contexts in which the Kongo kingdom developed and spread to the Caribbean. Author Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz, a practitioner of the Palo Monte devotional arts, illustrates with graphics and rock art how the Bakongo's ideogr
- Language
- eng
- Isbn
- 9781439908167
- Label
- Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign
- Title
- Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign
- Subject
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- Cuba
- Kongo (African people) -- History
- Kongo (African people) -- Religion
- Kongo language -- Writing
- Picture-writing -- Africa, Central
- Picture-writing -- Cuba
- Symbolism in communication -- Africa, Central
- Symbolism in communication -- Cuba
- Written communication -- Social aspects -- Africa, Central
- Written communication -- Social aspects -- Cuba
- Central Africa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Written symbols, religious objects, oral traditions, and body language have long been integrated into the Kongo system of graphic writing of the Bakongo people in Central Africa as well as their Cuban descendants. The comprehensive Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign provides a significant overview of the social, religious, and historical contexts in which the Kongo kingdom developed and spread to the Caribbean. Author Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz, a practitioner of the Palo Monte devotional arts, illustrates with graphics and rock art how the Bakongo's ideogr
- Cataloging source
- EBZ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Martinez-Ruiz, Barbaro
- LC call number
- PL8401
- LC item number
- .M27 2013
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kongo language
- Picture-writing
- Picture-writing
- Written communication
- Written communication
- Symbolism in communication
- Symbolism in communication
- Kongo (African people)
- Kongo (African people)
- Central Africa
- Cuba
- Label
- Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign, (electronic book)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ebs1836199e
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9781439908167
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (EBZ)ebs1836199e
- Label
- Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign, (electronic book)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ebs1836199e
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9781439908167
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (EBZ)ebs1836199e
Subject
- Cuba
- Kongo (African people) -- History
- Kongo (African people) -- Religion
- Kongo language -- Writing
- Picture-writing -- Africa, Central
- Picture-writing -- Cuba
- Symbolism in communication -- Africa, Central
- Symbolism in communication -- Cuba
- Written communication -- Social aspects -- Africa, Central
- Written communication -- Social aspects -- Cuba
- Central Africa
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