What Is Africa to Me?: Reflection, Discernment, and Anticipation

This essay explores the construction of Africa as a critical aspect of modernity. Tracing the consequences of Africa’s modern mapping, it reveals how the emergence and rise of Europe affected the temporal and spatial orientation of Africa, Africans, and religion in modern, objective knowledge. The e...

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Main Author: Long, Charles H. 1926- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2013
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2013, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-108
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