For generations, the women of the Ndebele of southern Afrcia have produced an art of remarkable richness and vitality. In their ceremonial beadwork and in large murals that cover the exterior walls of their mud dwellings, these women have created designs that are at once ancient and modern in their simplicity, bright colours and abstract patterns.
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'These magnificent photographs help me to see how beautiful I am and in fact they help me to see that wherever it is to be found, the human spirit is beautiful, creative, innovative, resilient and here to stay' - Maya Angelou 'A revelation... The beauty of this book is unsurpassed in its combination of content and meaning. Its art is also the art of life' - Nadine Gordimer
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Margaret Courtney-Clarke was brought up in Namibia. She has a worldwide reputation for her work as a photojournalist and for her painstaking but inspirational documentation of the art and architecture of Africa. Her other publications including African Canvas.
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By Manojmx5
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This is an amazing book with the most stunning photos. I remember using this book as a source of inspiration when I was at university but I was never able to find a copy for myself. I am so pleased that I have found it now. Anyone who is interested in Ethnic Arts would love this book.
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An opus which sets a glorious visual feast before us.
12 Dec 1999
By zugzwang
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I saw this book at the home of an artist friend once. These portraits of East African women and their exquisitely painted homes are rare gems indeed. What I also appreciate about this work is that photographer Margaret Courtney-Clarke lavishes such attention and respect to the other cultural aspects of these beautiful people that she could be labeled a sociologist as well.
The publisher, Rizzoli, sows an appropriately generous amount of quality into this book; even the paper is noticeably superior.
My only question is, when will this magnificent work be made available again? I've had it on order at several stores for well over a year now!
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Use for teaching math also
1 Nov 2008
By Kathy M. Mcwilliams
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I love this book. The pictures are beautiful and the text is very interesting. I is also great to tie in to teaching geometry for flips, slids, turns, etc. My class made their own art for our geometry unit. It filled a wall, they loved it, and learned more then they would have otherwise.
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GREAT colors and GREAT photography !
25 Sep 2011
By Boris Bear
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This thick coffee table sized hardback book is worth every penny ! It has great photographs of the VERY colorful houses that the tribe in South Africa decorates with their traditional and creative geometric motifs and patterns. I would love to travel there just to see their homes in person and to converse with the artists, most of whom are women and most of whom do not consider themselves to be artists.
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