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The Hunter Thinks the Monkey Is Not Wise: Ulli Beier: Selected Essays (Bayreuth African Stuides)
230 pages, Paperback
First published June 6, 2001
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Ulli Beier
89 books13 followersTaken from the back of
The Origin of Life and Death: African Creation Myths
(Heinemann, 1966): "ULLI BEIER is an associate professor in the Department of Extra-Mural Studies of the University of Ibadan. He is the editor of Black Orpheus, author of several books on African art and literature, including African Mud Sculpture, and one of the founders of the Mbari clubs in Ibadan and Oshogbo. He likes translating poetry from Yoruba and German."
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January 1, 2016
Bayreuth African Studies 59
Wole Ogundele (ed.)
A cultura Yoruba
"The hunter thinks, the monkey is not wise... The monkey is wise, but he has his own logic." This proverb characterises the humane quality of tolerance of the Yoruba towards other cultures. It also characterises Ulli Beier's tolerance and empathy as a mediator and interpreter of Yoruba culture. Ulli Beier has been an observer and participant in the development of Yoruba, Nigerian, African art and cultures for more than 50 years. The essays assembled here span the period of the independence movement and cultural nationalism,. the Biafra civil war, successive military regimes to the present. And it represents Ulli Beier's unlimited interest in all aspects of cultural and social life, from myth, religion and history, from the social organisation of the family, the village, the regional kingdom and the national community, but also the aesthetics and social role of the arts, theatre, literature, be it in deep Yroubaland, in Africa, or the American diaspora. The essays reflect the most important period in the history of modern African art and culture, seen through the eyes of its most expert critic and enthusiastic admirer.
Wole Ogundele teaches at the Awolowo University in Ife and has been closely associated with the Yoruba arts movement, Soyinka's theatre troupe.
"the editor Wole Ogundele should be praised for a job well done" - Chinua Achebe
"Ulli Beier's literary essays have left an indelible imprint on the critical and creative appreciation of African and Black literature." - Femi Abodunrin in The Year's Work in English Studies
Wole Ogundele (ed.)
A cultura Yoruba
"The hunter thinks, the monkey is not wise... The monkey is wise, but he has his own logic." This proverb characterises the humane quality of tolerance of the Yoruba towards other cultures. It also characterises Ulli Beier's tolerance and empathy as a mediator and interpreter of Yoruba culture. Ulli Beier has been an observer and participant in the development of Yoruba, Nigerian, African art and cultures for more than 50 years. The essays assembled here span the period of the independence movement and cultural nationalism,. the Biafra civil war, successive military regimes to the present. And it represents Ulli Beier's unlimited interest in all aspects of cultural and social life, from myth, religion and history, from the social organisation of the family, the village, the regional kingdom and the national community, but also the aesthetics and social role of the arts, theatre, literature, be it in deep Yroubaland, in Africa, or the American diaspora. The essays reflect the most important period in the history of modern African art and culture, seen through the eyes of its most expert critic and enthusiastic admirer.
Wole Ogundele teaches at the Awolowo University in Ife and has been closely associated with the Yoruba arts movement, Soyinka's theatre troupe.
"the editor Wole Ogundele should be praised for a job well done" - Chinua Achebe
"Ulli Beier's literary essays have left an indelible imprint on the critical and creative appreciation of African and Black literature." - Femi Abodunrin in The Year's Work in English Studies
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