Popular African Philosophical Books
Find philosophical books written by authors from Africa for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (14)
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The Tears of the Black Man by Alain Mabanckou EN
CongoDescription:
In The Tears of the Black Man, award-winning author Alain Mabanckou explores what it means to be black in the world today. Mabanckou confronts the long and entangled history of Africa, France, and the United States as it has been shaped by slavery, colonialism, and their legacy today. Without ignoring the injustices and prejudice still facing blacks, he distances himself from resentment and victimhood, arguing that focusing too intensely on the crimes of the past is limiting. Instead, it is time to ask: Now what? Embracing the challenges faced by ethnic minority communities today, The Tears of... continue
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Traces of Enayat by Īmān Mirsāl EN
EgyptDescription:
Cairo, 1963: Enayat al-Zayyat's suicide becomes a byword for talent tragically cut down, even as Love and Silence, her only novel, languishes unpublished. Four years after al-Zayyat's death, the novel will be brought out, adapted for film and radio, praised, and then, cursorily, forgotten. For the next three decades it's as if al-Zayyat never existed.Yet when poet Iman Mersal stumbles across Love and Silence in the nineties, she is immediately hooked. Who was Enayat? Did the thought of her novel's rejection really lead to her suicide? Where did this startling voice come from? And why did Love ... continue
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Unity & Struggle : Selected Speeches and Writings by Amílcar Cabral EN
Country: Africa / 
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Description:
AmÃ?Â-lcar Cabral, born in 1921 in Guinea-Bissau, had his early education in Guinea and did his university studies in Portugal. Cabral found himself active in the nationalist struggle, a political context that enabled him to reflect on several aspects of the armed struggle. He developed his understanding and theories of the national liberation struggle in the political context of militant nationalism; he fought as he wrote incisively about that struggle, and passionately struggled as he wrote. This dialectical experience enriched his theoretical understanding of the aims, goals, strategies and... continue
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Wut ist ein Geschenk : Das Vermächtnis meines Großvaters Mahatma Gandhi by Arun Gandhi DE
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Eine bessere Welt beginnt bei jedem Einzelnen
Verwandtschaft verpflichtet. Das gilt besonders, wenn man der Enkel eines Mannes ist, der wie kein anderer politischer Vordenker für Gewaltlosigkeit und Sanftmut steht. Doch der junge Arun Gandhi war in dieser Hinsicht kein Musterschüler, er war berüchtigt für seine Wutanfälle und immer wieder in Prügeleien verwickelt. Als er zwölf Jahre alt war, wussten sich seine Eltern nicht mehr zu helfen; sie schickten ihn in den Sevagram-Ashram nach Zentralindien, zu seinem Großvater. In den folgenden zwei Jahren lern... continue