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Religion, Politics, and Identity in a Changing South Africa

Religion, Politics, and Identity in a Changing South Africa

Autor: Abdulkader Tayob, Wolfram Weisse, David Chidester

Número de Páginas: 252

What is the role of religion in society? In the wake of September 11, public intellectuals provided easy answers. According to some, religion was the problem, others commented, religion was the solution. Generally, public debate about the force of religion in society has been organized by either/or propositions. Religion is a force for either freedom or bondage, for either peace or war, for either mutual recognition or antagonistic polarization. Analysis of religion and social change has also tended to be framed in terms of oppositions that inform research agendas and public policy. In this book, authors from South Africa, the United States of America, the Netherlands, and Germany test these oppositions.

Mystery of the White Lions

Mystery of the White Lions

Autor: Linda Tucker

Número de Páginas: 338

The inspiring firsthand account of one woman’s journey into African shamanism and the mysteries of the most sacred animal on the continent: the legendary White Lion In 1991, Linda Tucker was rescued from a pride of lions in the Timbavati game region by a medicine woman known as the “Lion Queen.” So began Linda’s lifelong journey into the wisdom and ceremonies of Old Africa, in which humans and lions are able to cross the species barrier. Such knowledge is in accordance with the most guarded secrets of Ancient Egypt and humankind’s greatest riddle, the Sphinx. Scientists in our day have established that humankind’s most significant evolutionary leap occurred as a result of our ancestors’ interaction with great cats. The White Lion is a genetic rarity within Panthera leo, and occurred in just one region on Earth: Timbavati. Today, White Lions form the center of the notorious “canned” trophy-hunting industry—hand-reared captive lions, shot in enclosures for gross sums of money. By contrast, shamans believe that killing a “lion sun god” is the ultimate sacrilege. How the human species treats such precious symbols of God in nature may determine how nature treats ...

Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa

Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa

Autor: Lokangaka Losambe , Devi Sarinjeive

Número de Páginas: 170

In this collection of essays written from different critical perspectives, African playwrights demonstrate through their art that they are not only witnesses, but also consciences, of their societies.

Religion, Violence, Memory, and Place

Religion, Violence, Memory, and Place

Autor: Oren Baruch Stier , J. Shawn Landres

Número de Páginas: 591

Scholars from a variety of disciplines explore the intersections of violence, memory, and sacred space

The Kivas of Heaven

The Kivas of Heaven

Autor: Gary A. David

Número de Páginas: 381

Orion dominates the winter sky, flanked by Taurus the Bull on one side and Canis the Great Dog on the other-three key constellations for the Hopi and prehistoric Pueblo People of the American Southwest. When these stars appear in the entryway of the kiva roof, they synchronize the sacred rituals being performed below. Here we see how a complex ceremonial cycle mirrors the turning of the heavens. Stargates, UFOs, Indian Mothman, natural psychedelics, cannibal giants, psychic archaeology, earth chakra lines, and the Hopi-Egyptian connection-this book is packed with fascinating and little-known facts about one of the most mysterious and secretive tribes on the North American continent. You will come away with a deep appreciation of the way the Ancient Ones viewed the world above. Chapters include: What is a Kiva?; Stargates in Antiquity; New Mexico’s Orion Kivas; Colorado’s Orion Temple; Hopi Flying Saucers; Arizona’s Psychic Archaeology; Hopi Kachinas and Egyptian Stars; 2012 Supernova?; Book of Revelation and 2012; Indian Mothman and Sacred Datura; Tales of Giants and Cannibals; Chaco Canyon: Mirror of Sirius; Dog Stars in the Land of Enchantment; The Chaco-Chakra Meridian;...

Authentic Fakes

Authentic Fakes

Autor: David Chidester

Número de Páginas: 316

Authentic Fakes explores the religious dimensions of American popular culture in unexpected places: baseball, the Human Genome Project, Coca-Cola, rock 'n' roll, the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan, the charisma of Jim Jones, Tupperware, and the free market, to name a few. Chidester travels through the cultural landscape and discovers the role that fakery—in the guise of frauds, charlatans, inventions, and simulations—plays in creating religious experience. His book is at once an incisive analysis of the relationship between religion and popular culture and a celebration of the myriad ways in which invention can stimulate the religious imagination. Moving beyond American borders, Chidester considers the religion of McDonald’s and Disney, the discourse of W.E.B. Du Bois and the American movement in Southern Africa, the messianic promise of Nelson Mandela’s 1990 tour to America, and more. He also looks at the creative possibilities of the Internet in such phenomena as Discordianism, the Holy Order of the Cheeseburger, and a range of similar inventions. Arguing throughout that religious fakes can do authentic religious work, and that American popular culture is the space of that...

Shamans of the 20th Century

Shamans of the 20th Century

Autor: Ruth-inge Heinze

Número de Páginas: 284

"In Shamans of the 20th Century, anthropologist Ruth-Inge Heinze takes a critical look at the global re-emergence of the shaman in the late twentieth century, redefiing the role of the shama at a time when we in the West are questioning both our ways of knowing and medical practice. A pioneering work, hers is a much needed synthesis between third-world and primal people's holistic understanding of healing as embracing the total human condition-social, emotional, psychological as well as physical, and the radically innovative stance of Western New Age healers. Elinor W. Gadon" -- Back cover.

La Dame Blanche et l'Atlantide

La Dame Blanche et l'Atlantide

Autor: Jean-loïc Le Quellec

Número de Páginas: 288

Comment des archéologiques ont cru retrouver les traces de l'Atlantide sur des représentations rupestres.

Falling Monuments, Reluctant Ruins

Falling Monuments, Reluctant Ruins

Autor: Hilton Judin

Número de Páginas: 344

This edited collection looks at ruins and vacant buildings as part of South Africa’s oppressive history of colonialism and apartheid and ways in which the past persists into the present Falling Monuments, Reluctant Ruins: The Persistence of the Past in the Architecture of Apartheid interrogates how, in the era of decolonization, post-apartheid South Africa reckons with its past in order to shape its future. Architects, historians, artists, social anthropologists and urban planners seek answers in this book to complex and unsettling questions around heritage, ruins and remembrance. What do we do with hollow memorials and political architectural remnants? Which should remain, which forgotten, and which dismantled? Are these vacant buildings, cemeteries, statues, and derelict grounds able to serve as inspiration in the fight against enduring racism and social neglect? Should they become exemplary as spaces for restitution and justice? The contributors examine the influence of public memory, planning and activism on such anguished places of oppression, resistance and defiance. Their focus on visible markers in the landscape to interrogate our past will make readers reconsider these...

New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa

New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa

Autor: Rosalind I. J. Hackett , Benjamin F. Soares

Número de Páginas: 333

New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa casts a critical look at Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization, media deregulation, and the proliferation of new media technologies, many African religious leaders and activists have appropriated such media to strengthen and expand their communities and gain public recognition. Media have also been used to marginalize and restrict the activities of other groups, which has sometimes led to tension, conflict, and even violence. Showing how media are rarely neutral vehicles of expression, the contributors to this multidisciplinary volume analyze the mutual imbrications of media and religion during times of rapid technological and social change in various places throughout Africa.

Shamans of the World

Shamans of the World

Autor: Nancy Connor

Número de Páginas: 363

What would you see if you could view the world through the eyes of a Diné healer, a Zulu High Sanusi, or a Shaker from St. Vincent Island? The answer can be found in Shamans of the World, an intimate encounter with traditional healers from nine unique indigenous cultures. Through mesmerizing firsthand accounts of miraculous transformation and healing, Shamans of the World transports you to the otherworldly reality of the shaman. Your global adventure begins in the lands of the Diné Nation, as you meet Walking Thunder, the Medicine Woman who reveals the importance of living life with full appreciation. Next, you visit Brazil and faith healers Otavia and João, who embody "a love that breaks through all boundaries of reason and rationality." South Dakota and Lakota Yuwipi Man Gary Holy Bull come next, as you glimpse at the inner life of one dedicated to the service of spirit. Then it's off to the jungles of Paraguay, where the insights of Guarani Forest Shaman Ava Tape Miri unveil the immediate unity of all creation. The traditional healers of Bali share vital lessons on balanced living, before you explore the secrets of Japan's masters of seiki jutsu. After hearing from the...

The Black Theatre Movement in the United States and in South Africa

The Black Theatre Movement in the United States and in South Africa

Autor: Olga Barrios

Número de Páginas: 245

El creixement dels moviments sociopolítics entre els anys seixanta i noranta als Estats Units i a Sud-àfrica va establir els ferms fonaments sobre els quals, amb una força i ímpetu sense precedents, es va forjar el teatre negre d?aquests anys. Forma i contingut van sorgir a l?una del compromís polític i artístic adoptat per aquests artistes contra l?imperialisme, el colonialisme i el racisme occidentals. Per primera vegada en la història, el teatre negre dels Estats Units i de Sud-àfrica analitzava i valorava les arrels negres per a poder il·luminar la recerca d?un futur de llibertat. No obstant això, el context sociopolític i les circumstàncies específiques de cada país han generat igualment els trets distintius del teatre afronord-americà i negre sud-africà (incloses les diferències de gènere) manifestos en ramificacions artístiques totalment heterogènies i úniques.

Wild Religion

Wild Religion

Autor: David Chidester

Número de Páginas: 274

Wild Religion is a wild ride through recent South African history from the advent of democracy in 1994 to the euphoria of the football World Cup in 2010. In the context of South Africa’s political journey and religious diversity, David Chidester explores African indigenous religious heritage with a difference. As the spiritual dimension of an African Renaissance, indigenous religion has been recovered in South Africa as a national resource. Wild Religion analyzes indigenous rituals of purification on Robben Island, rituals of healing and reconciliation at the new national shrine, Freedom Park, and rituals of animal sacrifice at the World Cup. Not always in the national interest, indigenous religion also appears in the wild religious creativity of prison gangs, the global spirituality of neo-shamans, the ceremonial display of Zulu virgins, the ancient Egyptian theosophy in South Africa’s Parliament, and the new traditionalism of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Arguing that the sacred is produced through the religious work of intensive interpretation, formal ritualization, and intense contestation, Chidester develops innovative insights for understanding the meaning and...

Hair of the Alien

Hair of the Alien

Autor: Bill Chalker

Número de Páginas: 364

The shocking true story of a case unlike any other in the annals of UFO investigation, DNA research, or alien abduction. July 23, 1992: In Sydney Australia, twenty-eight-year-old Peter Khoury was awoken by what appeared to be two females—both striking and unearthly—kneeling on his bed. What transpired between them was a physical assault as bizarre and disorienting as it was unnatural. Then, as quickly as they had arrived, they vanished. Khoury had become one of a legion of alien abductees with inexplicable experiences, but this particular incident stood apart from all the others. This time, there was evidence—two strands of white-blond hair from one of the females. Khoury’s case would result in the very first forensic DNA analysis of “alien abduction” evidence and revealed an extraordinary biological anomaly—one genetically close to human yet almost impossibly far from the human mainstream. A gripping account of one of the great mysteries of our time, Hair of the Alien, brings us closer than ever before to understanding our past, our origings, and our place in the universe.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

Autor: Bron Taylor , Jeffrey Kaplan

Número de Páginas: 1927

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The Sixth Sense Reader

The Sixth Sense Reader

Autor: David Howes

Número de Páginas: 425

What is the sixth sense? Is it physical, mental or spiritual? Do we all possess it or is it unique to exceptional individuals? Might there be a seventh sense and an eighth sense as well? What role does culture play in determining the range of our perceptual abilities? The search for a supplementary sense has taken many directions and yielded numerous possibilities for an "additional faculty" of perception - from magnetism and movement to dreaming and clairvoyance. Stimulating reflection and debate, The Sixth Sense Reader explores the cultural contexts which give rise to such reports of "psychic" and other powers that exceed the ordinary bounds of sense. In this groundbreaking volume, leading scholars in history, anthropology and biology take the reader on a tour of the far borderlands of consciousness. From the world beneath to the world beyond the five senses, every potential avenue of sensation is opened up for investigation.

Atlantis Rising Magazine Issue #23 – THE Strange Case of the Bent Pyramid PDF download

Atlantis Rising Magazine Issue #23 – THE Strange Case of the Bent Pyramid PDF download

Autor: Atlantisrising.com

Número de Páginas: 84

In this download PDF: LETTERS EARLY RAYS HILLY ROSE ADVANCED ALTERNATIVES SPACE ENERGY GETS PREVIEW Canadian Conference Hears from Zero Point Experts VISIONS OF THE SHAMAN A Conversation with Credo Mutwa EXCUSE ME, YOUR LIFE IS WAITING Author Lynn Grabhorn Offers New Tools for Putting Your Feelings to Work for You THE BLOODSTREAM WARS Warnings from Dr. Leonard Horowitz? UNCOVERING LEMURIA Cayce and Churchward in Light of New Discoveries? THE MARS MYSTERY Could the Fate of the Red Planet Be Earth’s? NEW STUDIES/OLD SPHINX Robert Schoch on New Support for His Thesis THE AGE OF THE PYRAMIDS Author Ralph Ellis Finds Evidence in Surprising Places for Some Very Old Buildings “GIZA THE (HALF) TRUTH” John Anthony West Challenges a New Book THE CURIOUS HISTORY OF ADELE HUGO Victor Hugo’s Daughter and the Spirits ASTROLOGY BOOKS RECORDINGS

Reality Check

Reality Check

Autor: Daniel Ford

Número de Páginas: 890

(Revised and re-published) Daniel Ford has spent half his life uncovering an agenda by what he calls a global cult to enslave humanity on every level. In Daniel Ford’s first book, Paper View: In Print, a nightmare agenda of total human control and manipulation affecting every area of human life was laid-out and detailed. Ford takes the story further and deeper in Reality Check and reveals the ultimate controllers of our world and why their agenda exists at all. Reality Check is best read alongside Paper View: in Print to allow the full complex picture of humanity’s plight to be seen in its entirety. Many of the changes in society since 2020 were predicted in Paper View: In Print because once you know the global agenda and its structure and method of imposition, calling the future is very simple. “Reality Check” places current events into their true context and explains humanity’s plight with rare clarity and simplicity. The central premise of Reality Check is to question everything right down to the nature of reality itself which is detailed extensively in this blockbuster new book. Never before in human history has testing our own perceptions been more necessary, and in ...

Dancing to the Beat of the Drum

Dancing to the Beat of the Drum

Autor: Pamela Nomvete

Número de Páginas: 203

Returning to her parents’ birthplace in 1994, Pamela Nomvete became a household name as Ntsiki Lukhele, “the bitch”, on a South African soap opera called Generations. But the mirage of luxury and success in which she lived was just that, a mirage. Behind closed doors, she battled her husband’s infidelities, addiction, and spiritual confusion. Dancing to the Beat of the Drum details the traumatic personal crisis Pamela went through as her success grew – a crisis which took everything she had worked for from her – and how she came to re-evaluate her priorities and reconnect with the spiritual side of her life, something she had long neglected.

American Shaman

American Shaman

Autor: Jeffrey A. Kottler , Jon Carlson , Bradford Keeney

Número de Páginas: 279

Written for therapists, scholars, clergy, students, and those with an interest in non-traditional healing practices, this book tells the story of Bradford Keeney, the first non-African to be inducted as a shaman in the Kung Bushman and Zulu cultures.

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature: K-Z

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature: K-Z

Autor: Bron Raymond Taylor , Jeffrey Kaplan

Número de Páginas: 944

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, originally published in 2005, is a landmark work in the burgeoning field of religion and nature. It covers a vast and interdisciplinary range of material, from thinkers to religious traditions and beyond, with clarity and style. Widely praised by reviewers and the recipient of two reference work awards since its publication (see www.religionandnature.com/ern), this new, more affordable version is a must-have book for anyone interested in the manifold and fascinating links between religion and nature, in all their many senses.

OPERATION PARADISE (standard edition b/w)

OPERATION PARADISE (standard edition b/w)

Autor: G. Ritschl

Número de Páginas: 341

The Orgone Revolution is underway: During the last few years, a small but growing group of people worldwide has started a peaceful revolution planet-wide environmental healing with orgone energy.This book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in holistic healing and the convergence of advanced science with the mystical world view.It is also a book for all those who are worried about the tendencies of a small elite to create a worldwide Orwellian Superstate by means of secret manipulation of world events, centralisation, and secret chemical and electronic warfare against humankind.It is time to reclaim planet earth for humanity. The compelling message of this book is:Together we can create Paradise!

Divination with Osteomancy

Divination with Osteomancy

Autor: Monique Joiner Siedlak

Número de Páginas: 113

Have you always had an interest in the ancient practice of bone throwing, but you just didn’t know how to start learning? Perhaps all you’ve needed is an all-around guide that will introduce you to the world of bone throwing or bone casting! Bone reading is an ancient method of divination practiced throughout the world by various cultures. Not only will this book teach you how to practice this ancient method and how to perform bone readings, but it will also help you to connect yourself to your ancestors! Inside this book, you’ll find: The history of bone-throwing practices; What is bone-throwing and why is it beneficial; How to connect to the bones and do readings; How to bless and cleanse your bones, And so much more! Learn how to perform bone reading easily by using the guidance and tools described in this book! Divination with Osteomancy: A Beginner’s Guide Throwing the Bones teaches you the ancient art of bone throwing or bone casting and it gives you all the necessary tools to perform the act yourself successfully! If you’ve always wanted to take a deep dive into the world of divination or if you’ve been looking for an all-around guide – this book is a perfect...

Revaluation and Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Modern Society

Revaluation and Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Modern Society

Autor: Tlou Masenya , Monicca Bhuda

Número de Páginas: 662

"The overall objective of this book is to present scholarly perspectives, ideas and recommendations in addition to publishing excellent articles that explore the role and importance of indigenous knowledge in the modern society"--

Creatures in the Mist

Creatures in the Mist

Autor: Gary R. Varner

Número de Páginas: 224

Varner brings together a medley of stories, myths, and folklore, sharing a fascination and respect for humankind''s early and contemporary cultures and wondering at similarities across the board. Here, he focuses on Little People and giants, animals and were-creatures, and the odd, helpful or threatening ways imputed to our earthly companions including dogs and cats, bats and spiders, and the stories people have told each other about them since time immemorial.

Ecstatic Healing

Ecstatic Healing

Autor: Margaret De Wys

Número de Páginas: 168

Understanding ecstatic spirit possession for physical and spiritual healing • Details the author’s direct experiences working with Brazilian miracle healer John of God (João de Deus) and African high shaman Credo Mutwa • Includes stories of psychic surgery, spirit possession, and shamanic healing rituals • Explains how each of us is capable of miraculous healing Margaret De Wys first became aware of ecstatic trance healing when she was a young girl fascinated by the rapture of the Holy Rollers. However, it would be decades before she would be called to explore that early fascination. At a gathering in Upstate New York thirty years later she was spontaneously possessed by a sacred Zulu necklace--a gift from one of the most powerful shamans in Africa, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa. Frightening yet exhilarating, the experience set her on a search to understand the depths of ecstatic healing. Margaret journeys to Brazil to work with famous healer John of God (João de Deus), where she witnesses hundreds of miraculous healings through psychic surgery. During her years of spiritual service at John’s Casa, she experiences ecstatic visions, which increase her hunger for more...

Anunnaki Reptilianos: Dioses de la Biblia, Mentiras Reveladas a la Humanidad (2 Libros en 1)

Anunnaki Reptilianos: Dioses de la Biblia, Mentiras Reveladas a la Humanidad (2 Libros en 1)

Autor: Henry Krane , Ana Lorens

Número de Páginas: 259

Los dioses de las estrellas siempre han estado con nosotros, nunca nos abandonaron... Muchas son las culturas que nos hablan de la existencia de unos seres Reptilianos considerados como dioses: Los Anunnaki. Hay muchas evidencias, rastros que estos seres han dejado en nuestra historia. Los antiguos indicaron y representaron a estos dioses en sus pinturas, escritos, y por sobre todo, sus edificaciones, las cuales son imposibles de replicar en nuestra actualidad. Sus conocimientos tanto tecnológicos como su conciencia del universo influenciaron en nuestra historia... Incluso, hasta nuestros días... No volverás a ser el mismo luego de que conozcas los secretos de este libro...

Jackals, Golden Wolves, and Honey Badgers

Jackals, Golden Wolves, and Honey Badgers

Autor: Keith Somerville

Número de Páginas: 283

This book explores the fascinating and complex lives of the honey badger, the African jackals (black-backed and side-striped), African golden wolves, and Eurasian golden jackals. In recent years, interest in these creatures has grown exponentially, through wildlife documentaries and media clips showing the aggressive, fearless, and tenacious behaviour of the honey badger, with jackals often presented in a supporting role. Written by renowned journalist and educator Keith Somerville, this accessible volume includes historical narratives, folklore, and contemporary accounts of human–wildlife relationships and conflicts. It traces the evolution of the species; their foraging and diet; the development of their relationships with humans; and their commensal, kleptocratic, and symbiotic relationships with other carnivores, raptors and birds. It also charts the recent expansion in European jackal numbers and ranges, now including as far west as the Netherlands and as far north as Finland. Blending historical observations by non-scientists, colonial officials, administrators, and early conservationists with contemporary scientific accounts, it presents a new multidisciplinary approach...

Gauteng A-Z

Gauteng A-Z

Autor: Sean Fraser

Número de Páginas: 109

Gauteng A-Z by Sean Fraser is an indispensable, user-friendly guide to Johannesburg, Pretoria and their immediate surrounds, featuring: a comprehensive alphabetical listing of attractions, from parks and reserves to cultural institutions, architecture, fine wining and dining, nightlife, theatres, galleries, shopping malls, markets, festivals, adventure activities and more; contact details and opening times; a star rating system that enables the visitor to prioritise activities based on time available; a category index to cater for interests, preferences, company, weather or mood; and informative Gauteng, Johannesburg and Pretoria maps. Sean Fraser is a veteran travel writer and the author of a number of reference, travel and guide books, including Cape Town A–Z and Seven Days in Cape Town, both published by Random House Struik.

The Shamanic Powers of Rolling Thunder

The Shamanic Powers of Rolling Thunder

Autor: Sidian Morning Star Jones , Stanley Krippner

Número de Páginas: 286

Eyewitness accounts of Rolling Thunder’s remarkable healings, legendary control over the weather and animals, and inspiring teachings • Includes accounts of Rolling Thunder by his grandson Sidian Morning Star Jones, Stanley Krippner, Alberto Villoldo, Larry Dossey, William Lyon, Jean Millay, John Perry Barlow, Stephan Schwartz, Ed Little Crow, Leslie Gray, Oh Shinna Fast Wolf, Jürgen Kremer, and David Sessions, among others • Shows how his teachings and powers have transcended his death and how many of his climate change predictions have come to pass One of the most celebrated and controversial Native American medicine men of the 20th century, Rolling Thunder (1916-1997) was known for his remarkable healings and for his ability to call on the forces of Nature, typically in the form of thunder clouds. He was also a passionate activist who worked to trigger social change on behalf of Native American tribes. Sought after as a lecturer and workshop leader, he used the money he earned from teaching to construct Meta Tantay, a community in the Nevada desert. In this book, edited by his grandson Sidian Morning Star Jones and longtime friend Stanley Krippner, we hear directly from...

Towards a Transcultural Future: Literature and Society in a ‘Post’-Colonial World 1

Towards a Transcultural Future: Literature and Society in a ‘Post’-Colonial World 1

Número de Páginas: 333

This collection has one central theoretical focus, viz. stock-taking essays on the present and future status of postcolonialism, transculturalism, nationalism, and globalization. These are complemented by ‘special’ angles of entry (e.g. ‘dharmic ethics’) and by considerations of the global impress of technology (African literary studies and the Internet). Further essays have a focus on literary-cultural studies in Australia (the South Asian experience) and New Zealand (ecopoetics; a Central European émigrée perspective on the nation; the unravelling of literary nationalism; transplantation and the trope of translation). The thematic umbrella, finally, covers studies of such topics as translation and interculturalism (the transcendental in Australian and Indian fiction; African Shakespeares; Canadian narrative and First-Nations story templates); anglophone / francophone relations (the writing and rewriting of crime fiction in Africa and the USA; utopian fiction in Quebec); and syncretism in post-apartheid South African theatre. Some of the authors treated in detail are: Janet Frame; Kapka Kassabova; Elizabeth Knox; Annamarie Jagose; Denys Trussell; David Malouf; Patrick...

Trouble in Black Paradise

Trouble in Black Paradise

Autor: Fundi

Número de Páginas: 501

National anti gay marriage laws join Californias voter approved Proposition 8 challenging America. Afro-American Christians launch from sidelined shadows hitting the streets, vocally backing these measures. Intense Afro denunciation of gays capture media coverage; angry images fuel Americas sensational discourse stagetheyve become the new self-appointed representatives of global religious advocacy. Afro supporters justify opposition citing standard historical verbiage. Claimed is that no evidence of sacredly integrated gay life, or gay marriage resonates from antiquity. Intense condemnation of gays professes compassion, not hate. A white gay mainstream, shocked and baffled, wonders in their eyes how so-called fellow Civil Rights seeking groups could in turn condemn them. Afro religious though, vehemently reject any claim to shared Civil Rights predicament made by gays. Trouble In Black Paradise tackles this entanglement head on. Highly volatile situations are fleshed-out in a way unprecedented by impassioned literary presentation. Now, a man steeped in Civil Rights tradition through Southern Baptist family initiates a sensitive, intimate dialogue with broader Afro-Christian...

The Black Theatre Movement in the United States and in South America

The Black Theatre Movement in the United States and in South America

Autor: Olga Barrios Herrero

Número de Páginas: 245

El creixement dels moviments sociopolítics entre els anys seixanta i noranta als Estats Units i a Sud-àfrica va establir els ferms fonaments sobre els quals, amb una força i ímpetu sense precedents, es va forjar el teatre negre d'aquests anys. Forma i contingut van sorgir a l'una del compromís polític i artístic adoptat per aquests artistes contra l'imperialisme, el colonialisme i el racisme occidentals. Per primera vegada en la història, el teatre negre dels Estats Units i de Sud-àfrica analitzava i valorava les arrels negres per a poder il·luminar la recerca d'un futur de llibertat. No obstant això, el context sociopolític i les circumstàncies específiques de cada país han generat igualment els trets distintius del teatre afronord-americà i negre sud-africà (incloses les diferències de gènere) manifestos en ramificacions artístiques totalment heterogènies i úniques.

Anunnaki Reptilianos: Mitos de Sangre y Fuego Para la Humanidad (2 Libros en 1)

Anunnaki Reptilianos: Mitos de Sangre y Fuego Para la Humanidad (2 Libros en 1)

Autor: Henry Krane , Ana Lorens

Número de Páginas: 197

Los dioses de las estrellas vinieron y creamos mitos y leyendas como prueba de su visita... Muchas son las culturas que nos hablan de la existencia de unos seres Reptilianos considerados como dioses: Los Anunnaki. Hay muchas evidencias, rastros que estos seres han dejado en nuestra historia. Los antiguos indicaron y representaron a estos dioses en sus pinturas, escritos, y por sobre todo, sus edificaciones, las cuales son imposibles de replicar en nuestra actualidad. Sus conocimientos tanto tecnológicos como su conciencia del universo influenciaron en nuestra historia... Incluso, hasta nuestros días... No volverás a ser el mismo luego de que conozcas los secretos de este libro...

Anunnaki Reptilianos: Crónicas y Textos Prohibidos de los Dioses para la Humanidad (2 Sagas en 1 Libro)

Anunnaki Reptilianos: Crónicas y Textos Prohibidos de los Dioses para la Humanidad (2 Sagas en 1 Libro)

Autor: Henry Krane , Ana Lorens

Número de Páginas: 1021

La historia prohibida de la humanidad que la Iglesia ha ocultado por miles de años... Muchas son las culturas que nos hablan de la existencia de unos seres Reptilianos considerados como dioses: Los Anunnaki. Hay muchas evidencias, rastros que estos seres han dejado en nuestra historia. Los antiguos indicaron y representaron a estos dioses en sus pinturas, escritos, y por sobre todo, sus edificaciones, las cuales son imposibles de replicar en nuestra actualidad. Sus conocimientos tanto tecnológicos como su conciencia del universo influenciaron en nuestra historia... Incluso, hasta nuestros días... No volverás a ser el mismo luego de que conozcas los secretos de este libro...

REPTILIANOS: Amos y Dioses del Universo, Secretos Revelados de la Conspiración Reptiliana al Mundo y la Humanidad (Saga Reptilianos Completa)

REPTILIANOS: Amos y Dioses del Universo, Secretos Revelados de la Conspiración Reptiliana al Mundo y la Humanidad (Saga Reptilianos Completa)

Autor: Ana Lorens

Número de Páginas: 302

Somos la creación de los dioses, somos la prueba viviente de su llegada desde las estrellas... Muchas son las culturas que nos hablan de la existencia de unos seres Reptilianos considerados como dioses. Hay muchas evidencias, rastros que estos seres han dejado en nuestra historia. Los antiguos indicaron y representaron a estos dioses en sus pinturas, escritos, y por sobre todo, sus edificaciones, las cuales son imposibles de replicar en nuestra actualidad. Sus conocimientos tanto tecnológicos como su conciencia del universo influenciaron en nuestra historia... Incluso, hasta nuestros días... No volverás a ser el mismo luego de que conozcas los secretos de este libro...

Black African Literature in English, 1997-1999

Black African Literature in English, 1997-1999

Autor: Bernth Lindfors

Número de Páginas: 500

This volume lists the work produced on anglophone black African literature between 1997 and 1999. This bibliographic work is a continuation of the highly acclaimed earlier volumes compiled by Bernth Lindfors. Containing about 10,000 entries, some of which are annotated to identify the authors discussed, it covers books, periodical articles, papers in edited collections and selective coverage of other relevant sources.

The Palgrave Handbook of Religion, Peacebuilding, and Development in Africa

The Palgrave Handbook of Religion, Peacebuilding, and Development in Africa

Autor: Susan M. Kilonzo , Ezra Chitando , Joram Tarusarira

Número de Páginas: 819

This Handbook explores the ways in which religion among the African people has been applied in situations of conflict and violence to contribute to sustainable peace and development. It analyzes how peacebuilding inspired and enabled by religion serves as the foundation for sustainable development in Africa, while also acknowledging that religion can also be a tool of destruction, and can be used to fuel violence and underdevelopment. Contributors to this volume offer theoretical discussions from existing literature, as well as experiences of practitioners, to deepen the readers’ understanding on the role of religion and religious institutions in peacebuilding and development in Africa. The Handbook provides reflections on possible future developments as well, thereby aligning with the goals of SDG 16.

Inventing Africa

Inventing Africa

Autor: Robin Derricourt

Número de Páginas: 240

Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past. Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisations. Debates continue on the African origins of humankind, the contributions of ancient Egypt to the world and Africa's importance to global history. Images of 'Africa', simplifying a complex and diverse continent, have existed from ancient Mediterranean worlds, slave trading nations and colonial powers to today's political elites, ecotourists and aid-givers. Robin Derricourt draws on his background as publisher and practitioner in archaeology and history to explore the limits and the dangers of simplifications, arguing - as with Said's concept of 'Orientalism' - that ambitious ideas can delude or oppress as well as inform. Defending Africa against some of the grand narratives that have been imposed upon its peoples, Inventing Africa will spark new debates in the history of Africa and of archaeology.

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