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Summary: Praise for this groundbreaking book:
Review: "This fascinating exploration of African stories and myths informs and inspires us. And most importantly it tells us who we are as human beings--all of us." --Cornel West, author of Race Matters and The War Against Parents"A breakthrough book. Clyde Ford picks up where Joseph Campbell left off." --Jonathan Young, Ph.D., founding curator, The Joseph Campbell Archives and Library "THE HERO WITH AN AFRICAN FACE reestablishes the rightful place of African mythology. This book should be read with reverence and respect." --Malidoma Some, author of Of Water and the Spirit
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Summary: All God's Children
Review: Clyde W. Ford helps us to connect to African mythology on so many levels. It is encouraging and illuminating to finally see African mythology treated in the manner that it deserves: as vital as those of any other culture. He demonstrates the importance of myth for centering our lives and providing focus for living. His discussion of the meaning and role of myth in the preface is worth the price of the book alone.
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Summary: A monumental work
Review: Clyde W. Ford helps us to connect to African mythology on so many levels. It is encouraging and illuminating to finally see African mythology treated in the manner that it deserves: as vital as those of any other culture. He demonstrates the importance of myth for centering our lives and providing focus for living. His discussion of the meaning and role of myth in the preface is worth the price of the book alone.
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Summary: All God's Children
Review: Increasingly, happily (albeit painfully)the new question for modern man and woman is "Am I my black brother's (sister's) keeper?" Conversely, "Am I my white brother's (sister's) keeper?" The answer is a resounding "Yes!". This book is a tremendous contribution toward the fulfillment of that Dream, toward a universal Philadelphia (phila = love; delphia = brother): the City of Brotherly Love, genuine agape, Unconditional Agape.
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Summary: All God's Children
Review: Increasingly, happily (albeit painfully)the new question for modern man and woman is "Am I my black brother's (sister's) keeper?" Conversely, "Am I my white brother's (sister's) keeper?" The answer is a resounding "Yes!". This book is a tremendous contribution toward the fulfillment of that Dream, toward a universal Philadelphia (phila = love; delphia = brother): the City of Brotherly Love, genuine agape, Unconditional Agape.
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Summary: Discover the Hero within...
Review: The Hero With An African Face is my personal journey of discovering meaning and purpose in life through the wisdom of African mythology; a story about reclaiming ancient truths and applying them to modern life. It begins with my true story of walking on the rusted remains of slave chains in an African slave castle and expands to encompass the vast reaches of African mythic wisdom. I was disappointed by the derisive treatment given African mythology, even by the late Joseph Campbell. African myths have traditionally been viewed as folktales and fables whose entertaining value as stories was more important than their illuminating value as carriers of sacred wisdom. Nothing could be further from the truth-whether it is the story of the Bambara of West Africa who believe the universe emerges from and dissolves back into the sound of "Yo" much like the Hindu sound "Om;" or the San bushmen who have myths, rituals and drawings of the human spiritual quest that date 30,000 years old. One exciting aspect of the book was discovering how readily the deep truths of these ancient traditions apply to life today. For example, in the myth of Lituolone, a Bantu hero figure, I found a moving message about overcoming obstacles, pursuing one's passions, and bringing one's unique gifts into the world. In this regard, the most important aspect of the Hero With An African Face may be that it helps readers discover that Hero within themselves.
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Summary: Finally, a context for African American spirituality!
Review: The last paragraph of the book is in my day timer as a reminder of who I am, where I came from and why and how I will always be. Ford's view of the African American story as an epic journey is liberating. He contrasts the intimacy between African diety and the common person with the separation between the western God or Goddess and their subjects. As someone who is struggling to understand the deepening division of black and white in US culture, I find this book very helpful in clarifying our root cultural differences. This also is a wonderful book to give a young person who is away from home or struggling with the questions of identity. As someone who has worked with children in multiracial families (particularly adopted children) who are struggling with a sense of place, I wish I'd had this book a long time ago.
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Summary: Finally, a context for African American spirituality!
Review: The last paragraph of the book is in my day timer as a reminder of who I am, where I came from and why and how I will always be. Ford's view of the African American story as an epic journey is liberating. He contrasts the intimacy between African diety and the common person with the separation between the western God or Goddess and their subjects. As someone who is struggling to understand the deepening division of black and white in US culture, I find this book very helpful in clarifying our root cultural differences. This also is a wonderful book to give a young person who is away from home or struggling with the questions of identity. As someone who has worked with children in multiracial families (particularly adopted children) who are struggling with a sense of place, I wish I'd had this book a long time ago.
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Summary: African myths are given their rightful place in the world!
Review: This book provides the missing link in our spiritual/mythical evolution. When one link in humanity's mythological history is placed forever outside of the philosophical circle; both sides lose. Those inside the circle suffer, as well as those outside of the circle. This book is as important to me as Ken Wilber's "Brief History of Everything.' From this point forward the African myths are given their rightful place in the pantheon of world mythology.
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