Initiés. Bassin du Congo. Moyen-âge and for the first time

and for the first time

Claude Mirguet

évoque l'exploration de la couleur par les artistes

Plato paints the portrait of a flamboyant politician in his youth: Alcibiades

he fled Germany and then Europe before taking his own life in Brazil

Initiés. Bassin du Congo. Moyen-âge and for the first timeIn sub Saharan Africa, being initiated means first of all that one has followed, over a long period and in trying conditions, a specific teaching reserved for a category of individuals. Then, certain rules of behavior specific to the group from which one comes are shared with other people, most often of the same age and sex. This work, which brings together texts by art historians, ethnologists and anthropologists, reveals how and why many ritual