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Informationen zum Autor Kimani S. K. Nehusi, PhD, FHEA (UK). Currently Associate Professor, Department of Africology, Temple University and Research Associate, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. His research interests include Ancient Egypt and its relationship to living Afrika, the history and culture of the Afrikan world and the Caribbean as a history and culture sphere. Klappentext This book concerns the origins, structure, purpose, meaning, and signi¿cance of libation, developments and change within the ritual, and its distribution in the Afrikan world. It connects the practice of libation throughout time, connects Afrikans to their social history, and so to themselves, across generations in different spaces and times.This book concerns the origins, structure, purpose, meaning, and significance of libation, developments and change within the ritual, and its distribution in the Afrikan world. It connects the practice of libation throughout time, connects Afrikans to their social history, and so to themselves, across generations in different spaces and times. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsList of Photographs in the PhotospreadNote on Translation and Transliteration Photographic CreditsPreface AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Hr qbHw: On LibationChapter 2. The Origins of Libation Chapter 3. The Origins and Evolution of the Offering ComplexChapter 4. On Our Sacred AncestorsChapter 5. Transmission across Space and TimeChapter 6. Ritual SignificancesChapter 7. Some ConclusionsChapter 8. Some Questions and AnswersBibliographyIndex
