Back in lecture two, I introduced urban as a possible cultural signal post in our reading African literature. Again you are being asked to read urban as a world view. How do we define this world view if we are not African? The films viewed should have given you a window of opportunity to work out a coherent definition. What are the elements that signify world view? “The African is a traveler, albeit an abrupt, ironic traveler through space and time (Gates, Signifying Monkey 4).” What does she make of traversing back and forth between western language and her mother tongue? Does it give her the sense of duality that Fanon and Gilroy believe exists? Better yet, are you the reader experiencing the headiness of time and space as you read your assignments?
Some literary critics subscribe to a western world view, their cultural signal posts jump out like Br’er Rabbit, a hare, or Bugs Bunny. Are you still with me? What does human security mean in the context of war or domination by conversion, commerce, and civilization? Does the body politic shudder all at once?
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Study Skills
1. Write an informative abstract on two of the images provided in this lecture.
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