{"product_id":"african-meditations-felwine-sarr-9781517913892","title":"African Meditations","description":"\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\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Felwine Sarr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517913896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517913892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.40w x 0.10d","brand":"Felwine Sarr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073730801919,"sku":"9781517913892","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c71d5ad-ce9d-4096-9bdd-d0941001138f.jpg?v=1685449566","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-meditations-felwine-sarr-9781517913892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}