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Title Indigo : in search of the color that seduced the world / Catherine E. McKinley.
Author McKinley, Catherine E.
Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury, 2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  391.0966 MAC    Check Shelves
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description 235 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents An invitation, Ghana -- A burning heart, Ghana -- Widow's blues, Ghana -- The road to Bobo-Dialousso, Burkina Faso -- The chanel of Africa, Ghana -- Amazons, wives of the gods, and Mama Benz, Ghana/Togo/Benin -- Not everything you can own, Ivory Coast -- The beautiful one, Ghana -- Mothers of ash, Nigeria -- Blue gold and concubines, Niger -- Divine sky, Senegal and New York City -- It's never late, New York City.
Subject Indigo -- Africa, West -- History.
Textile fabrics -- Africa, West -- History.
Indigo industry -- Africa, West -- History.
Clothing and dress -- Africa, West -- History.
Africa, West -- Civilization.
McKinley, Catherine E.
ISBN 9781608195053 (hc.) : $27.00
1608195058 (hc.)