The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness
by:
Wole Soyinka (author)
In the face of centuries-long devastations wrought on the African continent and her diaspora by slavery, colonialism, apartheid and racism, what form of recompense could possibly be adequate? This work examines the question, illuminating the principle duty of memory to bear the record of injustice.
In the face of centuries-long devastations wrought on the African continent and her diaspora by slavery, colonialism, apartheid and racism, what form of recompense could possibly be adequate? This work examines the question, illuminating the principle duty of memory to bear the record of injustice.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780195134285 (0195134281)
Publish date: February 17th 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English