The burden of memory, the muse of forgiveness, Wole Soyinka
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The burden of memory, the muse of forgiveness, Wole Soyinka
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The burden of memory, the muse of forgiveness
Oclc number
38566395
Responsibility statement
Wole Soyinka
Series statement
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
Summary
"Once repression stops, is reconciliation between oppressor and victim possible? In the face of centuries long devastions wrought on the African continent and her Diaspora by slavery, colonialism, Apartheid, and the manifold faces of racism, what form of recompense could possibly be adequate?"--Jacket
Table Of Contents
Reparations, truth, and reconciliation -- L.S. Senghor and Negritude: J'accuse, mais, je pardonne -- Negritude and the gods of equity
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- Politics and literature -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
- Black people in literature
- Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-2001
- Reconciliation
- Literature + Black authors + History and criticism
- Amnesty -- Africa
- African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1984-1993
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- Politics and literature -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
- Black people in literature
- Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-2001
- Reconciliation
- Literature + Black authors + History and criticism
- Amnesty -- Africa
- African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1984-1993
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