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Afrotopia

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Afrotopia
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Felwine Sarr
Translated by Drew S. Burk
Translated by Sarah Jones-Boardman
SeriesUnivocal
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 133
Category/GenreArt History
African history
Philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781517906917
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational
Edition 1

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 17 March 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

A vibrant meditation and poetic call for an African utopian philosophy of self-reinvention for the twenty-first century In the recent aftermath of colonialism, civil wars, and the AIDS crisis, a new day finally seems to be shining on the African continent. Africa has once again become a site of creative potential and a vibrant center of economic growth and production. No longer stigmatized by stereotypes or encumbered by the traumas of the past-yet unsure of the future-Africa has other options than simply to follow paths already carved out by the global economy. Instead, the philosopher Felwine Sarr urges the continent to set out on its own renewal and self-discovery-an active utopia that requires a deep historical reflection on the continent's vast mythological universe and ancient traditions, nourishes a cultural reinvention, and embraces green technologies for tackling climate change and demographic challenges. Through a reflection on contemporary African writers, artists, intellectuals, and musicians, Sarr elaborates Africa's unique philosophies and notions of communal value and economy deeply rooted in its ancient traditions and landscape-concepts such as ubuntu, the life force in Dogon culture; the Rwandan imihigo; and the Senegalese teranga. Sarr takes the reader on a philosophical journey that is as much inward as outward, demanding an elevation of the collective consciousness. Along the way, one sees the contours of an africanity, a contemporary Africa united as a continent through the creolization of its cultural traditions. This is Felwine Sarr's Afrotopia.

Author Biography

Felwine Sarr is a humanist, philosopher, economist, and musician who teaches at the University of Gaston-Berger in Saint Louis, Senegal. He is coauthor of the groundbreaking report "The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics." Afrotopia is his first book translated into English. Drew S. Burk has translated more than a dozen works of continental philosophy and theory. Sarah Jones-Boardman is a French lecturer and holds a PhD in Francophone literature from the University of Minnesota.