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A broad range of cultural works produced in traditional and modern
African communities shows a fundamental preoccupation with the
concepts of communal solidarity and hospitality in societies driven
by humanistic ideals. African Cultural Production and the Rhetoric
of Humanism is an inaugural attempt to focus exclusively and
extensively on the question of humanism in African art and culture.
This collection brings together scholars from different disciplines
who deftly examine the deployment of various forms of artistic
production such as oral and written literatures, paintings, and
cartoons to articulate an Afrocentric humanist discourse. The
contributors argue that the artists, in their representation of
civil wars, massive corruption, poverty, abuse of human rights, and
other dehumanizing features of post-independence Africa, call for a
return to the traditional African vision of humanism that is
relentlessly being eroded by the realities of postcolonial
nationhood.
A broad range of cultural works produced in traditional and modern
African communities shows a fundamental preoccupation with the
concepts of communal solidarity and hospitality in societies driven
by humanistic ideals. African Cultural Production and the Rhetoric
of Humanism is an inaugural attempt to focus exclusively and
extensively on the question of humanism in African art and culture.
This collection brings together contributors from different fields
who critically examine the deployment of various forms of artistic
production such as oral and written literatures, paintings, and
cartoons to articulate an Afrocentric humanist discourse. The
contributors argue that the artists, in their representation of
civil wars, massive corruption, poverty, abuse of human rights, and
other dehumanizing features of post-independence Africa, call for a
return to the traditional African vision of humanism.
The first-born son and brother to six siblings, author Mohamed
Kamara was just a year old when the civil war started in Sierra
Leone. But it wasnOt until he was six that the war reared its ugly
head in his village, Mile 91 Tonkolili District of the Northern
Province. In the middle of the night, Mohamed and his family fled
into the woods, leaving their burning home behind. In Diamond in
the Rough, he shares the story of his flight from Africa to the
United States. As a young child, he witnessed unspeakable
atrocities while the family struggled to stay alive, hiding in the
woods and journeying from village to village during the night.
Kamara narrates his tale of survival and his return home when the
war ended. In this memoir, he tells of his opportunity to travel to
America, graduating from both high school and Johnson and Wales
University, and creating a nonprofit to benefit his village. Kamara
offers a story of pain, suffering, love, endurance, and courage.
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