Jay's writing about African cultures' conjoinging of time with events
gave me pause for thought -
isn't that precisely how history is constructed for Western cultures?
How is time NOT related to events?
Isn't "Time" only 'knowable' through events in forms of memory and
language/signs?
diane
p.s. Also, Jay, you say the Greeks were explicitly indebted to their
African influences; I understand that the Greeks actually worked quite hard
to deny their
associations with the Egyptians, that they co-opted much of Egyptian
culture and then
effectively disavowed their relation ... am I misled?
"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right."
Ani Difranco
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diane celia hodges
faculty of education
university of british columbia
vancouver, bc canada
tel: (604)-253-4807
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