{"product_id":"african-meditations-1","title":"African Meditations","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAfrican Meditations\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFelwine Sarr\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781517913892\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniv Of Minnesota Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"African Meditations | Felwine Sarr | Paperback | 9781517913892 | New | Black Studies 1607393","offer_id":48186689650840,"sku":"1607393","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51fLFnkrU6L_886ad266-6c74-4686-b11b-f3d787640760.jpg?v=1772384585","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/african-meditations-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}