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Unmasking the State: Making Guinea Modern Mike McGovern
Unmasking the State: Making Guinea Modern
Mike McGovern
When the Republic of Guinea gained independence in 1958, one of the first policies of the new state was a village-to-village eradication of masks and other ritual objects it deemed 'fetishes'. This book intends to understand why this program was so important to the state and examines the complex role it had in creating a unified national identity.
320 pages, 12 halftones, 6 maps, 8 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 29, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226925097 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 143 × 230 × 22 mm · 540 g |
| Language | English |