“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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of African Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/rbea/article/view/72336 |
| Summary: | 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 and conceptions of the world. |
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| ISSN: | 2448-3923 |