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Notes on the Poro in Liberia + Masks as Agents of Social Control in Northeast Liberia
Notes on the Poro in Liberia Masks as Agents of Social Control in Northeast Liberia
Author: George Harley
These two seminal studies by Dr. George Way Harley are the basis of our present day knowledge of the Poro men s secret society of West Africa and of masks and masking traditions in Liberia. — Harley, a physician, traveled to Liberia from Durham, N.C., in 1926, cutting his way through the bush when there were no roads. He established a clin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781578982660
ISBN-10: 1578982669
Publication Date: 5/1/2001
Pages: 107
Edition: Numbered Facsimile R
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Publisher: Ethnos Publications
Book Type: Hardcover
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