AFAS 222 Lecture 8: African Intellectual Heritage,University of Arizona(p8)
30 Aug 2018
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Based on deep moral values which sustain to the adherents of religion. A myth of origins: esu-elegbara and the signifying monkey p. 160. African slavery in the new world satisfied preconotons for the emergence of new african culture. This tops functions as a sign pf the disrupted wholeness of an african system and pf meaning/belief that black slaves recreated from memory. Topos contains primal scene of instruction for interpretation. Esu is the sole messenger of the gods. Classic figure of meditation and unity of opposes forces. Legba divine linguist who speaks all languages. Ase - force of coherence of process itself, making a system a system. Ifa consists of the sacred texts of the yoruba people. Esau"s functional equivalent in afro-american history: the oxymoron, the signifying monkey. In a myth william bosman claims africans chose gold over knowledge. Esu has priority in the art of integration. Esu role as first interpreter survived in the middle passage.
