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Record Nr.

UNINA9910838204703321

Autore

Sarr Felwine <1972->

Titolo

African meditations / / Felwine Sarr, translated by Drew S. Burk, foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2023

©2022

ISBN

1-4529-6820-9

1-4529-6821-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 pages)

Collana

Univocal book

Altri autori (Persone)

BurkDrew S

DiagneSouleymane Bachir

Disciplina

199/.663

Soggetti

Philosophers - Senegal

Senegal Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- African Meditations -- Journal of My Hastened Steps -- One Day, a Man from the Island of Niodior Told Me So! -- Uninterrupted Developments . . . -- Translator's Notes -- Series Page -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

"African Meditations is a unique contemporary portrait of a young philosopher and creative writer as he seeks to establish himself as a teacher upon his return to Senegal, his homeland, after years of study abroad. It is a seamless blend of autobiography, journal entries, and fiction; aphorisms and brief narrative sketches; humor and Zen reflections"--