Nihilism and Negritude

TitleNihilism and Negritude
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsCélestin Monga, Madeleine, TRANSLATED BY Velguth
PublisherHarvard University Press
CityCambridge, Massachusetts; London, England
ISBN Number978-0-674-97072-4
Abstract

In a searching meditation on ways of living in modern Africa, Célestin Monga dispels the stereotypes that cloud how outsiders view the continent, and how Africans sometimes view themselves. He shows how dance, music, bodily experience, faith, and mourning reflect a nihilism that finds meaning and joy in a life that would otherwise seem absurd.