{"product_id":"viwzr-kijika-billa-9781458311535","title":"Viwìr: The Nso\u0026#700; Conception of Personhood in a Troubled Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does it truly mean to be a person?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, thinkers have described human beings as \u003cstrong\u003erational animals, thinking beings, or symbol-making creatures\u003c\/strong\u003e. But among the \u003cstrong\u003eNsoʼ people of the Cameroon Grassfields, \u003c\/strong\u003e a person is understood differently. One is not simply born a person; one becomes a person through character, responsibility, community, and oneʼs relationship with both the living and the ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViwìr: The Nso' Conception of Personhood in a Troubled Era\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Kijika Billa invites readers into this profound African understanding of personhood. Drawing from indigenous Nsoʼ indigenous wisdom, history, language, spirituality, and moral traditions, he explores how the idea of viwìr; the fullness of authentic personhood, can illuminate one of humanityʼs oldest questions: How should we live?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet this is more than a study of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten at a time when \u003cstrong\u003eNsoʼ society faces conflict, cultural erosion, identity confusion, and painful internal divisions\u003c\/strong\u003e, the book asks an urgent question: What happens when a people begin to lose their understanding of what it means to be truly human? Rather than offering despair, it proposes a path of renewal by returning to the moral wisdom embedded in indigenous knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the four interconnected dimensions of personhood: \u003cstrong\u003ewír\u003c\/strong\u003e (the human person), \u003cstrong\u003erim\u003c\/strong\u003e (spiritual force), \u003cstrong\u003ekibáy\u003c\/strong\u003e (totemic identity), and \u003cstrong\u003eŋkfə\u003c\/strong\u003e (ancestral continuity), the book presents a vision of humanity that is deeply relational, ethically grounded, and spiritually alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are interested in \u003cstrong\u003eAfrican indigenous knowledge, ethics, culture, leadership, or simply the search for a meaningful life\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eViwìr\u003c\/em\u003e offers a compelling invitation to rethink what it means to become a true person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe future of every society begins with the kind of people it chooses to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kijika Billa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1458311538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781458311535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viwir Bloom Initiative Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Kijika Billa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002301882623,"sku":"9781458311535","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/viwzr-kijika-billa-9781458311535","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}