The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness - Wole Soyinka

New
1 available
R280.00
Shipping
Standard courier shipping from R30
R30 Standard shipping using one of our trusted couriers applies to most areas in South Africa. Some areas may attract a R30 surcharge. This will be calculated at checkout if applicable.
Check my rate
Ready to ship in
The seller has indicated that they will usually have this item ready to ship within 3 business days. Shipping time depends on your delivery address. The most accurate delivery time will be calculated at checkout, but in general, the following shipping times apply:
 
Standard Delivery
Main centres:  1-3 business days
Regional areas: 3-4 business days
Remote areas: 3-5 business days
Get it now, pay later
Seller
Buyer Protection

Product details

Condition
New
Location
South Africa
Product code
Id-16618
Bob Shop ID
533826536
Nobel Laureate in Literature Wole Soyinka considers all of Africa--indeed, all the world--as he poses this question: once repression stops, is reconciliation between oppressor and victim possible? In the face of centuries-long devastation wrought on the African continent and her Diaspora by slavery, colonialism, Apartheid, and the manifold faces of racism, what form of recompense could possibly suffice? In a voice as eloquent and humane as it is forceful, Soyinka boldly challenges in these pages the notions of simple forgiveness, confession, and absolution as strategies for social healing. Ultimately, he turns to art--poetry, music, painting, etc.--as the one source that can nourish the seed of reconciliation: art is the generous vessel that can hold together the burden of memory and the hope of forgiveness.
Based on Soyinka's Stewart-McMillan lectures delivered at the DuBois Institute at Harvard, The Burden of Memory speaks not only to those concerned specifically with African politics, but also to anyone seeking the path to social justice through some of history's most inhospitable terrain.

Price: R220.00

Edition: Reprint

Published: 2010

Publishers: Bookcraft

ISBN: 9789788135067

Condition: Paperback in very good condition with very minor shelf wear around the edges. Pen mark and notes in pencil on the inside cover, otherwise internally in near-pristine condition.

More from this seller

View all
R30 shipping
On Not Winning the Nobel Prize: The Nobel Lecture - Doris Lessing (Limited to 500 Copies)
R1,660
R30 shipping
Herberg Aan Die Oseaan - Evert Zandstra
R460
R30 shipping
Suid-Afrikaanse Kuns van die Twintigste Eeu / Twentieth Century South African Art
R310
R30 shipping
With Wolfe to Quebec - Olive Warner
R240
Add to cart

Recently viewed

R30 shipping
P70 1.3 inch Color Screen Smart Watch, Support Accurate Air Pump Blood Pressure / ECG(Black)
R1,983

Similar products

R30 shipping
False Memory
R115
R30 shipping
A Secret Burden - Edited by Karen Batley
R220
R30 shipping
The Way I See It: The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation Paperback
R150
R30 shipping
Memory's Legion
R285