The African Lookbook by Catherine E. McKinley

Author:Catherine E. McKinley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620403549
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Conakry Dancers A. Deschacht · Guinea

AT HOME IN SAINT-LOUIS, SENEGAL, the girls sit proudly beneath a tapestry with Islamic motifs, a prestige item often brought home from hajj. They’ve gathered a statue—more a souvenir than fetish or plaything, it seems—whose origin is not clear, and a foreign broadside, both intentionally displayed on their laps. They wear dresses that suggest they are Christian. This is the house of civil servants, perhaps. Educated people who likely move in several milieus and have families that cross class and religious and ethnic lines. The girls have a look of expectation: an awareness that the world is large and made up of many things that they have the gumption for.

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