Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture

by Donald Nathan Levine

Book Overview

In Abyssinian poetry, the "wax" is the obvious meaning, the "gold" is the hidden meaning. In Wax and Gold , Donald N. Levine explores mid-to-late-twentieth-century Ethiopian society on the same two... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226475646
• ISBN13: 9780226475646
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.