“THE ONLY REALITY IN BLACK AFRICA BACK THEN”: BOUBOU HAMA AND THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN TECHNIQUE AND SPIRITUALITY

In Niger of the 1900s, the intellectual Boubou Hama worked for the preservation and promotion of a cultural framework. From a specific understanding about “traditional knowledge”, he sought to offer answers in his own time. Under the impacts of colonization, Hama wished Africa to know its own values...

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Main Author: Ana Luiza de Oliveira e Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2017-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of African Studies
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Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/rbea/article/view/72336