1930 AFRICA antique PHOTOGRAVURE HUGO BERNATZIK cover

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AFRICA
THE DARK CONTINENT

ORIGINAL PAPER COVER with PHOTO
 

NATIVE PEOPLE • CUSTOMS • WILD LIFE • LANDSCAPES •  ETHNIC TRIBES • COLONIES 
 

CONTENT	This is a superb monograph of AFRICA containing: • 256 large full-page photographic plates / photogravures + • 16 pages containing: foreword by Hugo Adolf Bernatzik, 26 pages of text with extensive descriptions of places [explanatory notes and history], index
Publishing Year /HOUSE	30's / Orbis Terrarum
Photographer / Author	Hugo Adolf Bernatzik
Size	12 ¼” x 9 ½” [ 31 x 24 cm ]
Language	English captions in 4 languages: English, French, German, Italian
Condition	Original dark green hardcover + Original paper cover - jacket  / photogravure plates and cover in excellent condition
DESCRIPTION	These are high quality photogravure of native people and their customs in the Africa. A lot of portraits of Native people, warriors, hunters, slaves, dancers, young girls, tribal chiefs, processions, ceremonies, some Arabs, some fetish related pictures, religion, everyday life, animals, landscapes... Here are the countries (at the beginning of 20th century) you will find in this beautiful and exotic book: Guinea French Guinea Liberia Togo Nigeria French Sudan French Equatorial Africa Cameroon Belgian Congo Angola South West Africa South Africa Union Rhodesia Ancient German Oriental (East) Africa Kenya Land Uganda English-Egyptian Sudan Abyssinia At the beggining of the 20th century, Africa was divided between different powers. This book present the life of native people living in these territories, unspoiled by the colonnists. There are huge cultural contradictions and thousands of years between cave dwellers of Norhern Rhodesia who were still living in the Stone Age and Bagara tribes of Kordofan whose Arabic culture is of the highest order. The book presents the natives living in nature, their religious ceremonies and rites and tries to preservate the African culture as it was 100 years ago. The explabatory notes present the history of these territories and their geo-political situation when the book was published + facts anf figures on commerce and trade for each of them. Here are presented some of the tribes: • Guinea: Liberia (founded in 1922 by liberated slaves from the USA) and possessions of other powers at the beginning of 20th century: Portuguese Guinea, English collonies of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Togo Mandate, Nigeria and Cameroon Mandate, Spanish Guinea, Angola • Gold Coast: English colony - Ewe tribe, their fetishes, ceremonies - procession, village chief in Accra • Togo: former German colony - Adaklu district • Nigeria: English colony - Jarawa people - Ansongo village • French Sudan • French Equatorial Africa • Cameroon: former German colony - Yetsang people - Bamum people - Dikwa, Bamum, Mabe river, Ngambe • Belgian Congo - Elais - tribes: Mangbetu, Batwa, Budja - Kilo goldmines - Leopoldville - Katanga - Api - Watusi people • Angola: since 1575 a Portuguese colony - tribes: Ngangelas - Katoko • South West Africa: protectorate unde the League of Nation - tribes: Ovambo - Ondonga, Euphorbia, Otavi Highlands - Erongo Mountains - Namib Desert • Union of South Africa: former English colony - Cape Town - diamond mines near Pretoria, gold mines near Johannesburg • Rhodesia: British Territory - Stone Age rock paintings - Bangweolo - Batwa people • Former colony of German East Africa • Kenya: former British • Uganda: British protectorate • Sudan - Djur, Moru, Hadendoa people • Abyssinia: last independent native empire of Africa - Addis- Abeba, Aksum, Adua, Zion's church
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