Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, December 1st, 1999
COQUET, MICHELLE. African royal court art; translated by Jane Marie Todd. x, 181 pp., illus., col. plates, map, bibliogr. Chicago, London: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1998. [pounds]43.95 It is certainly interesting that the author of his book is French, as it was the monarchy of Louis XIV which became the model for splendour and luxury for European royalty Here, the author, Michele Coquet, an anthropologist, links up and emphasizes the splendour of traditional African courts, something not usually associated with the African continent and its kings and rulers. Coquet reconstructs the important re...
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