Description: "We are Africans not because we are born in Africa, but because Africa is born in us. Lookaround you and behold us in our greatness.Greatness is an African possibility; you can make ityours. " -- Chester Higgins Jr. InFeeling the Spirit, Chester Higgins Jr.tells the story of a people -- by capturing the fiercedignity, enduring traditions and empoweringspirituality that live in all men and women of Africandescent throughout the world. Higgins' odyssey ofdiscovery has spanned three decades and led himacross boundaries of geography, nationality, andculture. In these pages Higgins combines 220 tri-toneblack-and-white images with his own evocativeprose to share the findings of his journey. Fromreclaiming a long-misrepresented history, to providinga rare, intimate look at sacred rituals passeddown through the centuries, to exploring the simpleyet profound significance of water in daily life,Chester Higgins Jr. presents a glorious evocationof the African personality as it thrives not just in Africa, but in all parts of the world.

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