Cultural astronomy in Africa south of the Sahara

Jarita Holbrook

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_99

Cultural astronomy in Africa south of the Sahara

Jarita Holbrook

School of Social and Political Science

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This chapter examines two foci of cultural astronomy found in Africa south of the Sahara: creation myths and celestial art. The examples highlighted are from the Akan, the Bahima, the Boshongo, the Fon, the Igbo, the Mambila, the Yoruba, and the Zulu people.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy
Editors	Clive L.N. Ruggles
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1013-1030
ISBN (Electronic)	9781461461418
ISBN (Print)	9781461461401
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_99
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 7 Jul 2014

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