Looking for Livingstone An Odyssey of Silence

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A woman travelling alone through time, Africa and unnamed lands searches for Dr. David Livingstone, celebrated by the West as a "discoverer" of Africa. Throughout her quest, for knowledge and for Livingstone, the traveller visits many peoples, listening to their stories and their silences. Looking for Livingstone explodes Western assumptions about the "silence" of indigenous peoples; this is an elegant work that beautifully gives voice to the ancestors to whom it is dedicated.

Using various literary forms -- prose, dream sequences, poetry and journal entries -- celebrated author Nourbese Philip once again enriches feminist theorizings of language by reconstructing history, examining geography, race and gender.