I AM BECAUSE WE ARE: AFRICAN WISDOM IMAGE & PROVERB By Betty Press, Autographed

Description: I Am Because We Are features 125 black and white photographs by Betty Press taken all over East and West Africa since 1987, combined with related African proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller, an American born in Tanzania. The book highlights the importance of proverbs in educating members of African societies on how to think, how to behave, and how to have a better life. Press took these photographs with the goal of making a significant educational and artistic contribution to the appreciation and understanding of African culture and society as well as our own. The photographs of daily life deal with knowledge, cooperation, love, beauty, friendship, hope, humor, sorrow, happiness, gratitude, dance, tradition, faith, peace, war, death, and human relationships. These are the same themes found in African proverbial language. Thus came the natural idea of coupling images with proverbs. Together they offer a powerful expression of African life and the universality of human emotions, ideas, and knowledge.

Price: 39.99 USD

Location: Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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Restocking Fee: No

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Type: Picture Book

Subject Area: Proverbs

Signed By: Betty Press

Signed: Yes

ISBN-10: 978-0-9835454-4-6

Features: Illustrated

Original Language: English

Edition: First Edition

Book Title: I am Because We Are : African Wisdom in Image and Proverb

Number of Pages: 184 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

Topic: Quotations, Africa / General, Photoessays & Documentaries

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 2013

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Travel, Référence, Photography, History

Item Weight: 80.2 Oz

Author: Betty Press

Item Length: 8 in

Item Width: 10 in

Format: Hardcover