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Confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. The author uses his own education by Catholic missionaries in Zaire to explore interactions between African and Western systems of thought.

Parables and Fables Exegesis Textuality and Politics in Central Africa

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: 10/30/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299130640, 978-0299130640
      ISBN10: 0299130649

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      Book Synopsis
      Confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. The author uses his own education by Catholic missionaries in Zaire to explore interactions between African and Western systems of thought.

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