The East African
Extraits
Littérature française
Beast of the East
Antonin Rasmussen, jeune financier européen au service d'un prince arabe milliardaire, convainc ce dernier d'investir dans la réhabilitation d'un site sidérurgique américain à l'abandon. Les profits attendus seront à la mesure du projet : vastes. Pendant près d'un siècle, la " Bête de l'Est " , comme on la surnomme là-bas, fut l'âme et l'histoire de la vallée nord de l'Ohio. Désormais propriété du leader mondial de l'acier, le site moribond attend un avenir qui ne vient pas. Mais une fois sur place, rien ne se passe comme prévu pour Antonin : en butte au cynisme, à la cupidité et à la corruption rampante, il dérange... Roman noir, western contemporain au réalisme captivant, Beast of the East raconte les bouleversements, les errances et les renoncements d'un monde occidental en proie au doute. Jean-Noël Odier plonge dans l'ambiance ténébreuse d'une fin d'ère industrielle, au coeur du Midwest qui portera Donald Trump à la présidence des Etats-Unis. Implacable autopsie du rêve américain, Beast of the East interpelle sur la liberté, la révolte et sur la possibilité pour l'individu de peser, encore, sur les destinées collectives.
05/2019
Non classé
The Arrest of Ships in German and South African Law
The study compares ship arrest in German and South African law. It shows that in certain fields South African and German provisions do not deviate or are at least substantially similar. This fact makes the application of both laws easier for litigants and lawyers, either for South Africans in Germany or Germans in South Africa. The book contains a selection of articles, forms, paragraphs and sections applicable in the case of ship arrest.
03/1991
Histoire internationale
Perfect fundamental values and the development of Africa. From African Renaissance to Illumination
This book is the result of fundamental research on the thorny issue of Africa's development. It demonstrates that the development of human societies is first and foremost a resultant of true, perfect and eternal knowledge, a process of conversion of the soul to the True, the Good and the Beautiful, before becoming a quest for material and financial means. To acquire this knowledge, one must resort to all knowledge that deals with life and man, beginning with that of God who is the source of this authentic knowledge. Man, made in the image of God, if he goes back to this source, finds the universal fundamentals of perfect knowledge which open to him the path of complete and eternal knowledge. This enables him to launch victoriously into development. All human cultures have this opportunity to resort to the original sources of knowledge : Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and animism. This true and perfect knowledge sets the man in the certainties that renew his intelligence and make him a new, perfect and creative being of development. All the people who have developed have gone through this salutary way. Africa cannot be an exception to this golden rule. With the assistance of CERCUDE and OVAFOPAC.
02/2020
Non classé
The Inculturation of Christianity in Africa
This book demonstrates that the encounter between Christianity and various African cultures gives rise to a number of problems for Africans who become Christians. It draws attention to certain traditional African beliefs and practices that seem to be incompatible with Christianity and create problems for Africans who embrace Christianity. Against this background it argues for the need to inculturate Christianity. It contends that in this exercise African Christianity can learn from the attempts at inculturation found in the New Testament times and in the early church. It offers examples of how the early church sought to make use of non-Christian categories of thought and elements in its articulation of the Christian message and in worship. It suggests a few areas of Ghanaian and African life where inculturation could and should take place. These include funeral rites, widowhood rites, child-naming rites, the rites of marriage, libation and christology. It concludes by offering some guidelines for use in the process of the inculturation of Christianity in Africa today.
10/2005
Pays du monde
Africana. Une histoire du continent africain
10livrespourNoel – "Africana" est un ouvrage dense comme une encyclopédie. Des cartes, pour représenter les différentes régions d'Afrique, les drapeaux des pays, la cuisine, la faune, la flore : tout est rassemblé pour donner une vision à 360 degrés d'un des plus grands continents du monde. Bienvenue en Afrique !
Un duo autrice et illustrateur
L'autrice, Kim Chakanetsa, est une journaliste originaire du Zimbabwe. Mayowa Alabi est un jeune illustrateur nigérian, résidant à Lagos : ses illustrations s'inspirent du folklore africain et de l'afrofuturisme.
L'Afrique contemporaine
Découvre les personnalités emblématiques de l'Afrique, qui font l'identité du continent aujourd'hui : de l'artiste Lupita Nyong'o au rappeur Wizkid, en passant par le footballeur Mohamed Selah ou la militante écologiste Vanessa Nakate...
10/2023
Non classé
African Image of the Ultimate Reality
The question of human existence and its ultimate meaning demand doctrinal answers. Such answers depend on man's conception of the Ruler of the Universe ; and on the answers depends man's attitude to life. This study explores and expands the Igbo answer to the question of the ultimate meaning of human existence in relation to Chukwu-God. It also seeks to open up religious springboards which will be of value to the Gospel-carriers in Igboland and to the inter-faith dialogue.
12/1984
Religion
Leviticus
Whereas many books in this field deal with individual aspects or texts of the study of family laws, Leviticus : The Priestly Laws and Prohibitions from the Perspective of Ancient Near East and Africa examines extensively biblical texts, ancient Near Eastern text, and oral traditions from Africa. Thus, three different cultures converge : the world of the Hebrew Bible, the world of the ancient Near East, and the world of Africa. This volume examines in detail the history of the development of ancient laws in general and family laws in particular, especially the laws relating to marriages between close relatives. Furthermore, Johnson M. Kimuhu looks at prohibitions and taboos in Africa and the problems they pose with regard to the interpretation and translation of difficult biblical concepts into African languages. In that sense, Kimuhu provides an example of how to contextualize or integrate African traditions into the study of biblical Hebrew, and he also offers insights into the current debate on the study of kinship from the point of view of social/cultural anthropology and the Hebrew Bible legal system. Teachers, students, and researchers in biblical studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, African traditions, and social/cultural anthropology will find this book helpful in their quest to understand family laws, prohibitions, and taboos.
02/2008
Sociologie
Representations of Africa in American and Caribbean Studies N° 1 Dédembre 2021. 1
" "Africa has always shed its light onto the Americas. Although all the contributions highlight the representations of Africa or Africans in American and Caribbean Studies, they also underscore a common humanistic concern ; whether on society, culture or environment. Africa is known to be the craddle of humanity and the main inspirational source to a lot of world authors, especially the American and Caribbean ones". Pr Louis Mendy
02/2022
Non classé
The Quest for Constitutionalism in Africa
Since the wave for national rule and independence from the colonial powers during the 1960's Africa's struggle for democratic rule has often been frustrated by an uneasy relationship between civil society and the military. This relationship has brought about grave human right abuses and lack of respect for the democratic values enshrined in constitutional rule. The end result was political instability and a retarded process of political development. This book, therefore, examines constitutional development in selected East Africa countries, the role of the army, the nationality question and constitutional accommodation and political parties, elections and political instability.
05/1994
Droit
Europe's Role in a South African Methodology
This work consists of essays on the so-called Middle Ages, seen from two perspectives. Writing from a sideline perspective, as opposed to the perspectives of historically mainstream theologies, in the first part of the book the author proposes a method for reading religious political texts with European philosophical insights but with a relevance for South Africa. This is done by comparing so-called Medieval texts with South African texts and situations within the demands of liberation, contextualisation, and communalism.In the second part of the book, from a female perspective, the author reevaluates the post-Biblical history of Christianity, criticising the terms "Patristics" and "Middle Ages". A South African women's theology is then offered as the outcome of the sideline perspective on the Bible, history and theology discussed in this book.
12/1991
Littérature érotique et sentim
Indigenization of Language in the African Francophone Novel
Indigenization of Language in the African Francophone Novel : A New Literary Canon discusses the question of indigenization in the African Francophone novel. Analyzing the prose narratives of Nazi Boni, Ahmadou Kourouma, and Patrice Nganang, this book contends that African literature written in European languages is primarily a creative translation process. Recourse to European languages as a medium of expressing African imagination, worldview, and cultures in fictional writing poses problems of intelligibility. Developed to express and reflect Western worldviews and sensibilities, European languages are employed by African writers to convey messages that seem to be at variance with European imagination. These writers find themselves writing in languages they wish to subvert through the technique of literary indigenization. The significance of this study resides in its raising awareness to the hurdles that literary creativity in a polyglossic context may present to readers and translators. This book provides answers to intriguing questions centering on the problematic of translation in contemporary African literature. It is a contribution to current research aimed at unraveling the conundrum surrounding the language question in African Europhone fiction, particularly the cultural functions of translation in literature. Potential translation problems have to be addressed in order to make African literature written in European languages intelligible to global readership. With the advent of globalization, transcultural communication has become an activity of enormous importance to the international community. It is a subject of great interest to translators, linguists, language instructors, and literary theorists.
12/2010
Histoire internationale
The power of hope. The First Lady of Burundi. My story
She was born in Mwumba, in the north of Burundi. Shy and hardworking, Denise Bucumi met a man, Pierre Nkurunziza. But in 1993, war broke out in this central African country formely known as "the Switzerland of Africa", taking with it the dream of a peaceful household. When the family's father left for the bush, Denise found herself face to face with her worst enemy : loneliness. What a lot of fighting and many tears to reunite her again with her family for a more beautiful destiny : the Presidential Palace.
07/2013
Tourisme étranger
Album MAP 2018. Images du Maroc
Dans le sillage de la COP22, la participation du Souverain au sommet du bassin du Congo adonné à notre pays une voix prépondérante dans le débat environnemental africain et un leadership incontesté sur cette question. L'Afrique à la quête d'une industrialisation pourvoyeuse d'emploi et d'un modèle économique plus efficient, ne devrait pas ignorer les questions clé de son avenir : la crise environnementale, la transition énergétique et les conséquences du réchauffement climatique subi. In the wake of COP22, the participation of the Sovereign at the Congo Basin Summit has given our country a preponderant voice in the African environmental debate and undisputed leadership on this matter. Africa, in search of an industrialization that provides employment and a more efficient economic model, should not ignore the key issues of its future : the environmental crisis, the energy transition and the consequences of global warming. Khalil Hachimi Idrissi
02/2019
Ethnologie
Glimpses of african cultures. Echos des cultures africaines, Edition bilingue français-anglais
This book covers various aspects of African traditional cultures that include: communication, marriage ceremonies, funerals, traditional rites, witchcraft, traditional cultural activities, and traditional beliefs. It will undoubtedly appeal to anyone who wants to understand better our African cultures. The reading of some of the stories will certainly raise existential questions about the nature of spirits, truth, and the place of God in the collective mind of the Africans. Some of the questions are the following: how is it possible that a human being has his double in an animal known as his totem ? How corne that, for people who do not believe in reincarnation, it is the chief who determines the future of the soul of the deceased ? In "Mourning habits in the West province of Cameroon," it appears that, if the soul is not taken care of, it will cause physical havoc in the society. Could there be a link between our souls and the physical elements of nature ? Is skull worshiping among the Bamileke merely a traditional practice or are they really able to communicate with their ancestors through the skulls ? What has led the Aghem people to firmly believe that lakes can physically move, that the dead live in their lakes, that children live in their pre-human state as caterpillars and may transform into reptiles when they are still babies ? What makes it possible for the human mind to communicate with animais, exchange messages as is shown in "How animais and things can speak and communicate in the Yambassa culture" ? Apart from the physical world as we know it, could there truly be a spiritual world that witches and wizards have access to and which system of values could this spiritual world be subjected to ? Every single paper of the more than 80 papers and squibs this book comprises is truly an invitation to explore further the untapped richness of African cultures.
04/2011
Théâtre
New Territories. Theatre, Drama, and Performance in Post-apartheid South Africa
South African theatre, drama, and performance is a vibrant and rapidly developing area of contemporary theatre studies. In this critical anthology of essays and interviews, some of the world's most respected scholars and practitioners writing and working in the area of South African theatre today share their detailed examinations and insights on the complex and contradictory context of post-apartheid society. Loosely grouped into the categories of Theatre, Drama, and Performance, the essays collected here offer a sampling of work being staged, produced, and written in the country today. The contributors document, contrast, and analyse significant case studies, representing examples from site-specific performance to new South African plays, from traditional indigenous performance practice to the reimagining of Western classics. The anthology takes the year of South Africa's first democratic election, 1994, as its departure point and includes a broad range of topics that capture the current paradigm.
11/1987
Science-fiction
The Last Detective
Un thriller au coeur d'une Amazonie futuriste... Dans un futur proche, une nouvelle drogue de synthèse fait des ravages dans l'état de New Amazonia. Elle vous promet tout ce dont vous pouvez rêver, beauté, pouvoir, succès... mais 5 jours plus tard, vous mourrez dans d'atroces souffrances. La commissaire à la tête des forces de l'ordre, humaines et robotiques, fait le lien avec une série de meurtres ayant eu lieu 20 ans plus tôt et qui a coûté la vie à sa soeur... Elle n'a d'autre choix que de faire appel à Joe Santos, une légende, et l'ancien équipier de sa soeur, qui s'est exilé dans la jungle depuis. Accompagné d'un androïde palliant ses faiblesses physiques, il va replonger au coeur de l'enquête qui a brisé sa vie...
03/2022
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
Fight the past
"Anna Brown, une jeune femme de vingt-huit ans, se réveille un beau jour à l'hôpital. Elle ne se souvient ni de son nom ni de ce qui aurait pu l'amener là. Alors qu'elle tente désespérément de recouvrer la mémoire et se demande pourquoi personne ne lui rend visite, un médecin lui apprend qu'elle est enceinte. Complètement anéantie par cette nouvelle inattendue, elle fait la connaissance de son premier visiteur : Chris Johnson, un jeune militaire et ami d'enfance. Anna ne se rappelle pas qui il est, mais ressent immédiatement une attirance envers lui. Peu à peu, ils vont tenter de recoller les pièces du puzzle de sa vie. Ni Anna ni Chris n'envisageaient être embarqués dans de telles péripéties. Le jeune militaire ne pouvait imaginer le virage qu'allait prendre sa vie en venant au chevet de son amie. Il ne s'attendait pas non plus à devoir faire appel à toutes ses ressources ainsi qu'à sa formation militaire pour arracher Anna aux griffes de son passé. Que cache réellement le passé d'Anna ? Pour quelles raisons des hommes la suivent dès sa sortie de l'hôpital ? Anna, parviendra-t-elle à surmonter les blessures causées par ce sombre et lourd passé ? "
10/2022
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast T05
La créature qui apparaît devant les yeux de Guido n'est autre qu'Angela, la sorcière qui lui est liée par le destin ! Déjà surpris par la tournure des événements, sa colère monte en flèche quand celle qui lui a jeté la malédiction vient ajouter son grain de sel ! Guido sombre alors dans une colère bestiale poussant Ashaf, acculé, à se remémorer leur toute première rencontre...
02/2022
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast T08
Après l'attaque de la Reine de la Nuit, les deux héros sont séparés. Guido est en captivité mais réussit à s'évader et s'empare d'une arme particulièrement efficace contre les vampires. Pendant ce temps, après avoir échappé de justesse à la mort, Ashaf est résolu à retrouver son partenaire et tente d'obtenir une audience auprès de la Reine aux côtés de Danword. Ce dernier parviendra-t-il à maîtriser ses ardeurs, alors qu'il ne rêve que de vengeance depuis de longues années ? Une rivalité de près d'un siècle s'apprête à resurgir entre la cruelle Reine de Gunir et l'ancien Roi de la Nuit !
11/2022
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast T06
En remontant la piste laissée par la sorcière Angela, Ashaf et Guido se rendent dans un univers parallèle des "Abysses" ! Mais ce quatrième sous-sol baptisé Horrencia Seth est peuplé de vampires, des créatures plus que jamais attachées à l'étiquette de leur caste et qui abhorrent tout ce qui s'y soustrait. Des renforts envoyés par l'Ordre interviennent pour les aider dans ce nouveau monde. Mais ces émissaires versés dans les coutumes des buveurs de sang vont les mêler sans tarder à un incident diplomatique...
05/2022
Critique littéraire
Radio pluralism in West Africa
RADIO PLURALISM IN WEST AFRICAThe present survey has been compiled from a project regarding radio broadcasting pluralism in West Africa. This project is part of Regional Programme of the Paris Panos Institute. It includes research as well as a back up plan for the development of radio broadcasting pluralism in West Africa. This survey covers ECOWAS 16 member-countries with the exception of Liberia which is excluded for political reasons. It has been monitored by a committee of participants who are all interested, for various reasons, in the development of radio broadcasting pluralism in West Africa. Surveys were carried out by african journalists and researchers.
09/1993
Littérature française (poches)
African psycho
Agressions ratées, larcins minables, viols abrégés : Grégoire Nakobomayo n'est qu'un délinquant de faible envergure. Pourtant, il est sûr d'avoir l'étoffe d'un grand criminel. Depuis tout petit il rêve d'égaler les exploits de son "idole", le terrible Angoualima qui fait la une des journaux. Mais cette fois c'est sûr, Grégoire va commettre un crime parfait. La victime trouvée, l'arme dissimulée, le scénario rodé, il ne reste plus qu'à passer à l'acte...
08/2018
Histoire internationale
African attitude
A young Gambian immigrant explores the contrasting philosophies of his fellows in Paris with regard to the West: staunch Pan-Africanism versus hard pro-Western. This story demonstrates the triviality and pointlessness of the attitude of some African immigrants. A story that lifts the lid on the lives of Gambian immigrants in Paris - a world of tragedy, terror and futility, tempered by the voice of reason.
12/2013
Policiers
African Tabloid
Libreville. 2008. Un an avant les élections, un type est retrouvé mort sur une plage de Libreville, près du palais de la présidence de la République, une balle dans la gorge et deux doigts de la main gauche coupés. La victime est un journaliste d’investigation connu pour ses enquêtes très sensibles sur le pouvoir dont il dénonçait la corruption et la main mise sur les affaires du pays. Pour la corporation, la société civile et les associations de défense de la presse, il s’agit là, à l’évidence, d’un assassinat politique. Mais à Libreville, comme partout ailleurs en Afrique, les apparences sont souvent trompeuses…
09/2013
Art africain
West African Bronze Masterworks. The Syrop Collection, Edition bilingue français-anglais
Le volume qui présente la collection de bronzes d'Afrique occidentale d'Arnold Syrop possède toutes les qualités pour marquer une étape capitale dans le domaine des arts africains. Longtemps attendu par les collectionneurs, les spécialistes et les amoureux de l'art, l'ouvrage réunit les oeuvres en bronze, inédites pour la plupart, qui ont retenu le regard passionné, attentif et infatigable de Syrop au fil de quatre décennies. Architecte de profession et collectionneur d'instinct, Arnold Syrop a fait oeuvre de pionnier en s'intéressant à ce domaine particulier de la culture matérielle africaine et en développant ce que Susan Kloman qualifie dans son introduction "d'oeil parmi les meilleurs" en matière de bronzes africains. Comme le souligne l'auteur-collectionneur dans sa préface, ces bronzes sont de "nature spirituelle" pour la plupart puisqu'ils furent créés pour donner de la force à leur propriétaire et assurer sa protection. Les quelque deux cents objets figurant dans le volume, dont un grand nombre sont antérieurs à tout contact avec l'Occident, s'accompagnent de notices descriptives bilingues (anglais-français) qui en éclairent les particularités et l'importance dans le panorama des arts africains.
08/2023
Sciences politiques
Socialismes en Afrique
Ce volume est un état de la recherche internationale sur les socialismes africains. Y sont rassemblés des articles traitant de débats théoriques autour de ce thème et de ses sources intellectuelles mais aussi d'expériences très concrètes de socialisme, tant dans les villes que dans les campagnes : coopératives, comités de quartier, camps de rééducation... La situation de l'Afrique lusophone, parent pauvre des études africaines en France, et dont l'ensemble des pays ont justement fait l'expérience de régimes socialistes, a fait l'objet d'une attention particulière. Les rapports de l'Afrique avec l'URSS, les démocraties populaires, Cuba, la Chine, ou encore Israël sont également abordés. Les communications faites dans les colloques ont été repensées, avec pour résultat un fructueux dialogue avec les auteur. e. s et des articles complémentaires. Les auteurs espèrent ainsi donner à l'étude des socialismes africains une légitimité dans le champ plus général de l'histoire des socialismes, de même que dans celui de celle de la guerre froide. This volume is intended to be a state of international research on African socialisms. It brings together articles dealing with theoretical debates about socialism in Africa and its intellectual sources, but also very concrete experiences of socialism, both in cities and in the countryside : cooperatives, neighborhood committees, re-education camps, etc... Particular attention was paid to the situation of Portuguese-speaking Africa, the poor relation of African studies in France, and whose countries as a whole have precisely experienced socialist regimes. Africa's relations with the USSR, the People's Democracies, Cuba, China, and Israel were also discussed. For the sake of coherence, the papers given in the colloquia have been rethought in a fruitful dialogue with the authors and complementary articles have been requested... In this way, it is hoped to give legitimacy to the study of African socialisms in the more general field of the history of socialism, as well as in that of the Cold War.
06/2021
Littérature française
Sapeur-pompier. Éteindre un feu non allumé
La femme éteint un feu qu'elle n'a pas allumée dans la famille et dans la société, surtout en Afrique. The woman extinguishes a fire that she did not light in the family and in society, especially in Africa. A mulher apaga um fogo que não acendeu na família e na sociedade, especialmente na África. La mujer apaga un fuego que ella no encendió en la familia y en la sociedad, especialmente en África. La donna spegne un fuoco che non ha acceso in famiglia e nella società, soprattutto in Africa. Die Frau löscht ein Feuer, das sie in der Familie und in der Gesellschaft, besonders in Afrika, nicht angezundet hat. ,
06/2022
Littérature étrangère
Eat the Document
Au début des années 1970, Mary Whittaker et Bobby Desoto, un couple de jeunes militants en lutte contre la guerre du Vietnam, se voient contraints de prendre la fuite après une action qui a mal tourné. L'un et l'autre doivent alors se forger une nouvelle identité et emprunter des chemins destinés à ne plus se croiser. Presque trente ans plus tard, sous le dernier des multiples noms qu'il lui a fallu endosser au cours de sa longue cavale, Mary vit dans une banlieue avec son fils de quinze ans, Jason. Fasciné par la culture musicale des sixties et des seventies, l'adolescent qui ignore tout du passé de sa mère se trouve précisément à l'âge où l'on veut en savoir davantage... Dans un quartier éloigné de la ville, Nash, un libraire anarchiste, tente sans grand succès d'insuffler à la jeune génération altermondialiste les principes de base d'une idéologie révolutionnaire digne de ce nom, tandis que Henry, son ami et associé, qui, bien qu'également quinquagénaire, n'a renoncé ni à la consommation effrénée de bière ni au rite du `"joint", a choisi de consacrer la vie qui lui reste à des croisades nocturnes aussi périlleuses que désespérées contre les panneaux publicitaires des temps nouveaux afin d'oublier le cauchemar récurrent d'une guerre qu'il n'a pas faite mais dont le hideux fantôme, hantant ses nuits, s'emploie à finir de le mettre en pièces... Convoquant les images et la bande-son qui accompagnent deux époques que séparent leurs options en matière d'action politique mais que relie une forme de combat, Dana Spiotta écrit le roman symphonique d'une culture américaine passée en trente ans d'un idéalisme fervent au cynisme le plus affiché, brossant ainsi un subtil et puissant tableau du déclin de tous les radicalismes.
02/2010
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 2
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 1
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
