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Headrests of Southern Africa

The architecture of sleep - KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini and Limpopo

Bruce Goodall Frédéric Zimer Mavis Duma Clive Newman

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English
Five Continents Editions
01 March 2022
This book presents the fascinating subject of southern African headrests in a new light. With unique historical and personal information collected from many of the headrest's original owners and carvers, and often accompanied by in situ photographs, the book tells the illustrated story of the headrests, as well as of the people behind them. For the first time African headrests are brought to life with detailed information on their carvers, and the stories of their creation, ownership, and use.

The 425 headrests from the collections of Bruce Goodall from Cape Town and Frédéric Zimer from Paris will be presented according to the 3 geographical areas: KwaZulu-Natal, north of the Tugela River (in what was previously known as Zululand) and the headrests from the Swazi.

AUTHOR: Bruce Goodall is a collector, researcher, and dealer in southern African art. In the late 1980s he studied Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town. However, it was only 25 years later that his interest in the cultures of Africa was combined with his lifelong penchant for collecting.

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For the first time African headrests are brought to life with detailed information on their carvers, and the stories of their creation, ownership, and use

492 colour illustrations

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Imprint:   Five Continents Editions
Country of Publication:   Italy
Dimensions:   Height: 300mm,  Width: 240mm, 
Weight:   2.715kg
ISBN:   9788874399642
ISBN 10:   8874399642
Pages:   440
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

Bruce Goodall is a collector, researcher, and dealer in southern African art. In the late 1980s he studied Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town. However, it was only 25 years later that his interest in the cultures of Africa was combined with his lifelong penchant for collecting. Frédéric Zimer was a building construction engineer, working for 20 years in the Telecoms sector in France. He fell in love with Africa thanks to his participation in major projects in French-speaking Africa and his travels to more than 20 African countries. His African art collection has focused on headrests from KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Nigeria (Calabar) and Ethiopia. His deep interest in these forms is predicated on the fact that for him these objects of daily life represent the cultural richness of the regions and peoples of Africa.

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