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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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02 Feb 2005 04:38:18 AM |
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OT: Mia Couto |
Enemies, demons and dignity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1403478,00.html
Mia Couto
Wednesday February 2, 2005
The Guardian
I went to a conference in Europe this summer where someone asked me:
"What is it for you to be African?" I asked in turn: "What is it for
you to be European?"
He did not know what to say. Similarly, no one knows exactly what is
"Africanness". This is an area where there's a great deal of frippery
and folklore. There are those who say that "typical African" refers to
people or things that have a greater spiritual content. I heard someone
say that we Africans are different because we appreciate our culture so
much. An Africanist in a conference in Prague said that what measures
Africanness is a concept known as ubuntu, meaning "I am the others".
Mia Couto
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