Isbn: 9780983545446 - I Am Because We Are: African Wisdom in Image and Proverb (5 results)
Language: English
Published by University Press of Mississippi/Betty Press, 2013
- Hardcover
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Language: English
Published by University Press of Mississippi/Betty Press, 2013
- Hardcover
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Language: English
Published by University Press of Mississippi/Betty Press, 2013
- Hardcover
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Language: English
Published by University Press of Mississippi/Betty Press, USA, 2013
- Hardcover
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Language: English
Published by Books for Africa / Betty Press, Minnesota, USA, 2013
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- First Edition
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Laminated Pictorial Boards. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. 180 pp. Top corners slightly bumped, otherwise fine. 'I Am Because We Are' features 125 black and white photographs by Betty Press taken all over East and West Africa since 1987, combined with related African proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller, an American born in Tanzania. The book highlights the importance of proverbs in educating members of African societies on how to think, how to behave, and how to have a better life. Press took these photographs with the goal of making a significant educational and artistic contribution to the appreciation and understanding of African culture and society as well as our own. The photographs of daily life deal with knowledge, cooperation, love, beauty, friendship, hope, humor, sorrow, happiness, gratitude, dance, tradition, faith, peace, war, death, and human relationships. These are the same themes found in African proverbial language.…
