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Voodoo-Eros: Ethnological Studies in the Sex-Life of the African Aborigines
Felix Bryk
Voodoo-Eros: Ethnological Studies in the Sex-Life of the African Aborigines
Felix Bryk
A reprint of the first English-language edition of 1934. It covers many subjects such as clothing, ornaments, dress, skin decoration, courtship, prostitution, conjugal practices, sexual taboos, children, infidelity, hygiene, circumcision, pregnancy, and much more.
The author spent 2 years in villages in Equatorial Africa, north of Victoria Nyanza with tribes of Bantu, Bagishu, Baganda, Budama, Banioro, Kitosh, Kikuyu, Maragoli, Kavironda, Suaheli, Semi-hamites, Nandi, Wandorobbo, Tiriki, Aldai, Sebeyii, Elkoyni, and Suk. The author states that the material presented in this book is for the purpose of revising the false conception we have about the differences of love in the different races.
Illustrated with over 100 photographs including one of an hermaphrodite.
260 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 1, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9781589633414 |
Publishers | Fredonia Books (NL) |
Pages | 260 |
Dimensions | 127 × 203 × 17 mm · 236 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Sexton, Mayne R |