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Kings of Africa. Art and authority in Central Africa. Collection Museum fur Volkerkunde Berlin, editors Erna Beumers, Hans-Joachim Koloss, Foundation Kings of Africa, Maastricht (Netherlands) 1992, pp. 327, ill. col., cm 31, tela ed. con sovraccoperta. Pubblicazione in lingua inglese. Indice: H. R. H. Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Democracy in traditional African kingdoms – Wolf-Dieter Dube, Preface – Erna Beumers and Hans-Joachim Koloss, Introduction – Jan Vansina, History of Central African Civilization – Id., King in Tropical Africa – Daniel P. Biabuyck, Central African Religion – James W. Fernandez, The Conditions of Appreciation Contemplating a Collection of Fang (and Kota) Mobiliary Art – Hans-Joachim Koloss, Kwifon and Fon in Oku on Kingships in the Cameroon Grasslands – Claude Tardits, The Kingdom of Bamum – John Thornton, The Regalia of the Kingdom of Kongo, 1491-1895 – Marie-Louise Bastin, The Mwanangana Chokwe Chief and Art (Angola) – Jan Vansina, The Cuba Kingdom (Zaire) – Mary H. Nooter, Fragments of Forsaken Glory: Luba Royal CultureInvented and Represented (1883-1992) – Plates – Contributors – Descriptions – Participants. Perfetto.