Sacri Spiriti (esprits sacrés). Songye. Afrique Mahmoud Darwich

Mahmoud Darwich

Une préface de Jacques Tardi accompagnée d’un dessin inédit en hommage à Frans Masereel

les dieux font l'amour

or with a stick in the sand

Offprint from the Annals of the Egyptian Antiquities Service

Sacri Spiriti (esprits sacrés). Songye. Afrique Mahmoud DarwichThis catalog presents the art of a single African people, the Songye of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a single type of magico protective objects: in the local language nkishi (singular) and mankishi (plural). Thus, the reader is offered the rare opportunity to delve deeper into a specific class of objects, to grasp some of the constituent elements of their essence, their placement in the communities of origin, stylistic variations and more.