Secrets of African rituals.
Victory Square| N° d'inventaire | 22227 |
| Format | 21 x 23.5 |
| Détails | 279 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782809917420 |
Discover African voodoo through this book. Henning Christoph was born in 1944 in Grimma, Germany. In 1950, his family moved to the United States, where he studied ethnology and journalism at the University of Maryland. Back in Germany, he learned photography from Otto Steinert at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. His career then evolved at a dizzying pace: as a photojournalist, he worked for numerous international magazines, including Life, National Geographic, Geo, Time, Le Figaro, and Stern. In 1993, he decided to abandon the world of commissioned reportage to devote himself exclusively to the African continent and its secrets. A multiple winner of World Press Photo competitions, he took part in expeditions that took him to the most isolated populations and to the most remote places on the planet. Although renowned and therefore in high demand, each new trip to Africa rekindles his passion for the continent, particularly West Africa. From his first trip, he had the intuition that, far from the eyes of the world, lies a treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom to which no purely commercial report can do justice or be useful. Over the next few years, Christoph traveled throughout Benin to immerse himself in the secrets of the Voodoo religion and better understand it. He returned with a book of breathtaking photographs and began to build a collection of ritual objects, which he added to with each trip. Several books followed, also devoted to neighboring countries, while close ties were forged with the communities of the African diaspora in America. In 2000, Christoph founded the Soul of Africa Museum in Essen on his own. This space finally allowed him to exhibit his collection to a wider audience. This site also includes a space that uses an educational approach to directly present the diversity of African cultures and their definitions to individuals of all ages, alone or in groups. Christoph began organizing exhibitions in the largest museums in Germany. He invited healers and representatives of African culture. He published several new books and made three documentaries that explore magic and healing methods. This new book, Secrets, is primarily devoted to the discoveries Christoph has made since 2010 in Cameroon and among communities in the Cameroonian diaspora. He was able to enter areas previously forbidden to white people, and many of the rites and customs documented there are largely unknown to the West or considered extinct. This is a wonderful opportunity to set the record straight.
Discover African voodoo through this book. Henning Christoph was born in 1944 in Grimma, Germany. In 1950, his family moved to the United States, where he studied ethnology and journalism at the University of Maryland. Back in Germany, he learned photography from Otto Steinert at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. His career then evolved at a dizzying pace: as a photojournalist, he worked for numerous international magazines, including Life, National Geographic, Geo, Time, Le Figaro, and Stern. In 1993, he decided to abandon the world of commissioned reportage to devote himself exclusively to the African continent and its secrets. A multiple winner of World Press Photo competitions, he took part in expeditions that took him to the most isolated populations and to the most remote places on the planet. Although renowned and therefore in high demand, each new trip to Africa rekindles his passion for the continent, particularly West Africa. From his first trip, he had the intuition that, far from the eyes of the world, lies a treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom to which no purely commercial report can do justice or be useful. Over the next few years, Christoph traveled throughout Benin to immerse himself in the secrets of the Voodoo religion and better understand it. He returned with a book of breathtaking photographs and began to build a collection of ritual objects, which he added to with each trip. Several books followed, also devoted to neighboring countries, while close ties were forged with the communities of the African diaspora in America. In 2000, Christoph founded the Soul of Africa Museum in Essen on his own. This space finally allowed him to exhibit his collection to a wider audience. This site also includes a space that uses an educational approach to directly present the diversity of African cultures and their definitions to individuals of all ages, alone or in groups. Christoph began organizing exhibitions in the largest museums in Germany. He invited healers and representatives of African culture. He published several new books and made three documentaries that explore magic and healing methods. This new book, Secrets, is primarily devoted to the discoveries Christoph has made since 2010 in Cameroon and among communities in the Cameroonian diaspora. He was able to enter areas previously forbidden to white people, and many of the rites and customs documented there are largely unknown to the West or considered extinct. This is a wonderful opportunity to set the record straight.