Viwìr

The Nso¿ Conception of Personhood in a Troubled Era

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Kijika Billa

Verlag:

M. Jayne LaDow

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36479370

EAN: 9781458311535

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Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Di, 08.09.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 36.50

Beschreibung

What does it truly mean to be a person. For centuries, thinkers have described human beings as rational animals, thinking beings, or symbol-making creatures. But among the Nsoʼ people of the Cameroon Grassfields,. a person is understood differently. One is not simply born a person; one becomes a person through character, responsibility, community, and oneʼs relationship with both the living and the ancestors. In Viwìr: The Nso' Conception of Personhood in a Troubled Era. , Kijika Billa invites readers into this profound African understanding of personhood. Drawing from indigenous Nsoʼ indigenous wisdom, history, language, spirituality, and moral traditions, he explores how the idea of viwìr; the fullness of authentic personhood, can illuminate one of humanityʼs oldest questions: How should we live. Yet this is more than a study of culture. Written at a time when Nsoʼ society faces conflict, cultural erosion, identity confusion, and painful internal divisions. , the book asks an urgent question: What happens when a people begin to lose their understanding of what it means to be truly human. Rather than offering despair, it proposes a path of renewal by returning to the moral wisdom embedded in indigenous knowledge. Through the four interconnected dimensions of personhood: wír. (the human person), rim. (spiritual force), kibáy. (totemic identity), and ŋkfə. (ancestral continuity), the book presents a vision of humanity that is deeply relational, ethically grounded, and spiritually alive. Whether you are interested in African indigenous knowledge, ethics, culture, leadership, or simply the search for a meaningful life. , Viwìr. offers a compelling invitation to rethink what it means to become a true person. The future of every society begins with the kind of people it chooses to become.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Kijika Billa

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Format

Buch (Softcover)

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