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An edition of The Hero with an African Face (1999)

The hero with an African face

mythic wisdom of traditional Africa

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African myths convey the perennial wisdom of humanity: the creation of the world, the hero's journey, our relationship with nature, death, and resurrection. From the Ashanti comes the moving account of the grief-stricken Kwasi Benefo's journey to the underworld to seek his beloved wives. From Uganda we learn of the legendary Kintu, who won the love of a goddess and created a nation from a handful of isolated clans.

The Congo's epic hero Mwindo is the sacred warrior who shows us the path each person must travel to discover his true destiny. Many myths reveal the intimacy of human and animal spirits, and Ford also explores the archetypal forces of the orishas - the West African deities that were carried to the Americas in the African diaspora. Ultimately, as Clyde Ford points out, these great myths enable us to see the history of African Americans in a new light.

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Bantam Books
Language
English
Pages
227

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Subjects
African Mythology, Mythology, African, Religion, Spiritual life, Africa, religion
Places
Africa

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The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa
January 4, 2000, Bantam
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
299/.6
Library of Congress
BL2400 .F67 1999, BL2400.F67 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxv, 227 p. :
Number of pages
227

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OL363902M
Internet Archive
herowithafricanf00ford
ISBN 10
0553105442
LCCN
98024162
OCLC/WorldCat
98024162, 39074153
Library Thing
1061338
Goodreads
4801075

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