African Ceremonies (The Concise Edition)

Beckwith, Carol and Fisher, Angela, African Ceremonies; Harry N. Abrams Inc, Publishing, 2002.

The photography of Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher is an intimate exploration of the African continent. Their lifelong commitment to documenting African cultures has resulted in a number of award-winning books: Maasai, The Nomads of Niger, Africa Adorned, and African Ark. Beckwith and Fisher's latest visually arresting masterpiece is African Ceremonies, a two-volume collection chronicling the beautiful, exotic, and disappearing rituals of African peoples. Many of these rituals will never be performed again; few have been pictured and described with the intimacy, knowledge, and skill of Beckwith and Fisher. Overflowing with nearly 850 magnificent color photographs, African Ceremonies is one of the most important works on Africa ever published.

400 pages, 461 color photographs.