Vintage Coffee Table Book- African Ark, People of the Horn by Beckwith & Fisher 1991

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Stunning, colorful photographic coffee table book, about people and ancient cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. 310 pages … Read more Stunning, colorful photographic coffee table book, about people and ancient cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. 310 pages with 328 illustrations, including 244 plates in full color. On the dust jacket, slight wrinkling at top, light gray cloth hardcover is in excellent condition . "American photographer Carol Beckwith and Australian photographer Angela Fisher discovered their common pursuit upon their chance meeting in Kenya in 1978: to understand and depict the richness of African culture and traditions through photographs...The photo-documentary entailed five years of travel through Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia with the assistance of native guides. Fisher explains that the Horn of Africa is like a microcosm of the entire continent, with peoples of all different life styles and spiritual beliefs, including Islam, Christianity, Animism and Judaism."-Mitsi Sellers for Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards See less