I Am Because We Are
African Wisdom in Image and Proverb
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Photo Essays, Travel, History, Africa
| Author: | Betty Press, Annetta Miller | ISBN: | 9781617039355 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi | Publication: | June 3, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi/Betty Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Betty Press, Annetta Miller |
| ISBN: | 9781617039355 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Publication: | June 3, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi/Betty Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
