July-2019

58 / HERITAGE / Conservation
HERITAGE / 59
Traditional adornment
worn in the Kuba kingdom
in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo. Sheesh,
one of the two Ministers
of Defence of the Royal
Court, wears a headdress
of black-eagle feathers
and spotted guinea fowl
feathers, indicating his
status.
ADORNED
LEGACY
For more than 40 years, Carol Beckwith and
Angela Fisher have photographed the lives of
indigenous people, from desert nomads to
cattle keepers and kings. African Twilight is the
latest of their impressive books on the subject.
text Annette Lavrijsen