{"product_id":"african-meditations-9781517913892","title":"African Meditations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn influential thinker's fascinating reflections and meditations on reacclimating to his native Senegal as a young academic after years of study abroad\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe call to morning prayer. A group run at daybreak along the Corniche in Dakar. A young woman shedding tears on a beach as her friends take a boat to Europe. In \u003ci\u003eAfrican Meditations, \u003c\/i\u003e paths to enlightenment collide with tales of loss and ruminations, musical gatherings, and the everyday sights and sounds of life in West Africa as a young philosopher and creative writer seeks to establish himself as a teacher upon his return to Senegal, his homeland, after years of study abroad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique contemporary portrait of an influential, multicultural thinker on a spiritual quest across continents--reflecting on his multiple literary influences along with French, African Francophone, and Senegalese tribal cultural roots in a homeland with a predominantly Muslim culture--\u003ci\u003eAfrican Meditations\u003c\/i\u003e is a seamless blend of autobiography, journal entries, and fiction; aphorisms and brief narrative sketches; humor and Zen reflections. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking us from Saint-Louis to Dakar, Felwine Sarr encounters the rhythms of everyday life as well as its disruptions such as teachers' strikes and power outages while traversing a semi-surrealistic landscape. As he reacclimates to his native country after a life in France, we get candid glimpses, both vibrant and hopeful, sublime and mundane, into his Zen journey to resecure a foothold in his roots and to navigate academia, even while gleaning something of the good life, of joy, amid the struggles of life in Senegal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12563147\"\u003eFelwine Sarr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.40w x 0.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517913892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517913896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO009000\"\u003ePhilosophers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI034000\"\u003eSocial\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC015000\"\u003eHuman Geography\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelwine Sarr--philosopher, economist, novelist, musician--is Anne-Marie Bryan Chair of French and Francophone studies at Duke University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eAfrotopia\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2019) and coauthor of the groundbreaking report commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron, \"The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrew S. Burk has translated more than a dozen books of philosophy and theory from the French, including Felwine Sarr's \u003ci\u003eAfrotopia\u003c\/i\u003e and Frédéric Neyrat's \u003ci\u003eThe Unconstructable Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 2019 French Voices Award First Prize for translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44520260010221,"sku":"9781517913892","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c1aab13a-54ca-45d4-b932-8e3b80bae891.jpg?v=1701272877","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/african-meditations-9781517913892","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}