The African Cosmogram Matrix in Contemporary Art and Culture

This article examines the ways in which scholars analyze and reconcile the symbols and the ideology of an ancient African (Kongo) symbol called a cosmogram. Ritualistic spaces that symbolically overlap with the Christian crucifix and Buddhist mandala, graphic imagery in the mapping, layering and cyc...

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Main Author: Gaskins, Nettrice R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2016]
In: Black theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-42
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
BS Traditional African religions
FD Contextual theology
Further subjects:B Afrofuturism
B Multimedia
B cosmogram
B Liminality
B Black Theology
B funk
B Performance
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