{"product_id":"african-meditations-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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517913892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\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":"Default Title","offer_id":42547801653429,"sku":"9781517913892","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bcef8d2f-5e14-4ef4-9911-c04b9e4fbf22.jpg?v=1670337414","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/african-meditations-9781517913892","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}