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- Inventing an African Alphabet
- The International African Library
- Inventing an African Alphabet
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Glyphs
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Biography
- 2 N’kamba
- 3 Kinshasa
- 4 The Eagle and the Silk-Cotton Tree
- Part III Writing, Art, and Kongo Culture
- Part IV Discussion
- References
- Index
- Titles in the Series
4 - The Eagle and the Silk-Cotton Tree
My Road with Wabeladio
from Part II - Biography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2023
- Inventing an African Alphabet
- The International African Library
- Inventing an African Alphabet
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Glyphs
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Biography
- 2 N’kamba
- 3 Kinshasa
- 4 The Eagle and the Silk-Cotton Tree
- Part III Writing, Art, and Kongo Culture
- Part IV Discussion
- References
- Index
- Titles in the Series
Summary
This chapter continues the biography, picking it up at the moment when, in 2009, he met the author of this book and we decided that the book needed to be written. The chapter describes our journeys together, especially our two ascents of the holy mountain of N’kamba. It also describes the importance of this mountain for Kimbanguists and beyond and offers theoretical reflections on landscape and prophecy.
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- Inventing an African AlphabetWriting, Art, and Kongo Culture in the DRC, pp. 73 - 96Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023