Osiris rising : a novel of Africa past, present, and future /
This novel is structured after Africa's oldest narrative, the Isis-Osiris myth cycle. Traveling to Africa on a search for lifework and love, Ast, an African American scholar, gets immersed in history as living continuity. In a pillaged society where slaveraiders' heirs masquerade as aid d...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Popenguine, Senegal :
Per Ankh,
[2008]
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| Summary: | This novel is structured after Africa's oldest narrative, the Isis-Osiris myth cycle. Traveling to Africa on a search for lifework and love, Ast, an African American scholar, gets immersed in history as living continuity. In a pillaged society where slaveraiders' heirs masquerade as aid donors, and colonies are disguised as nations, Ast still finds her home in a quiet community working to bring the continent's people together.The love of friends focused on the making of an African future absorbs her pained consciousness of a world dstroyed -- From back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 348 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 2911928008 9782911928000 |