Details of the African American Tarot
Solandia's Summary: The African American Tarot is a strong and vibrantly coloured deck of scenes and imagery of African and Afro-American culture, animals and art. According to the booklet, each card is linked with an important deity, character or location in African-American history.
Creator(s):
Jamal R
Type: Tarot Deck Number of Cards: 78 Major Arcana: 22 Minor Arcana: 56
Card Size: 2.60 x 4.72 inches = 6.6cm x 12cm
Publisher: Published by Lo Scarabeo
2007
Deck Tradition: Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor Arcana Style: Unique Scenes With Suit Symbols
Suits: Chalices, Swords, Wands, Pentacles
Court Cards: Knave, Knight, Queen, King
The Fool is 0 Strength is 8 Justice is 11
Card Back: Reversible
Back Design: Black and grey semi-circula stripes.
Companion Material: 64-page booklet in five languages.
Languages:
Spanish,
Italian,
German,
French,
English,
Dutch
Excerpt of the
African American Tarot review by Marinda Herukuti: I just received my deck and I actually like this
deck. The author writes that the deck is not intended to
reflect just one particular aspect of Africa because it is
so broad. He also acknowledges that Africa is the
mother of all civilization so he wanted to express a
broad range of Africa. The African American images of
jazz players, inventors, discov... read more.
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