Dr. EphirimDonkor thoughtfully explores the spirituality of the Akan people in Ghana and their quest to achieve ancestorhood in heaven (Samanadzie) and eldership on earth (Wiadzie). This revised edition reflects years of additional research; with newer and deeper insights on the vast subject of African spirituality.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. you have access to a brilliant synthesis of the history of the "long 19th Century" ...By CustomerA powerful weaving together of the history of the industrial and political revolutions in their respective epicenters of Britain and France and the way their shockwaves impact on other global regions such as other European states and empires; India; coastal Africa and Latin America. Detailed analysis is provided of changes in the political economy through these revolutions; including changes in the relation with the land; emergence of an urban proletariat and a middle class and their territorial interdependence through nations and nationalism. With polyglot mastery of an enormous diversity of sources; Hobsbawn also explores the cultural dimensions of the revolutions; in religion and the arts. The book is a tour de force alone; but when read together with the following two books in the historical trilogy; Age of Capital and Age of Empire; you have access to a brilliant synthesis of the history of the "long 19th Century" as Hobsbawn calls it; essential to understanding what has and is happening in the 20th and 21st centuries.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is good book to read and understand how French Revolution and ...By Peyman ADL DOUSTI HAGHThis is good book to read and understand how French Revolution and 1848 European Revolution shaped Karl Marx theory of communism; and how the workers revolution took place in Russia as world divided between East and West political economy of capitalism vs communism.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Very niceBy fernando pederneraI'm a casual history reader; and I read this book while reading Phillip Dwyer's Napoleon saga; and it really helped me to understand the social; economic; and politic context of the time. It is very clear and interesting.
