WGBH Forum Network; V.S. Naipaul: The Masque of Africa

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Title:
WGBH Forum Network; V.S. Naipaul: The Masque of Africa
Description:
V.S. Naipaul discusses his most recent work of travel writing as cultural history, The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief. V.S. Naipaul will be joined in conversation this evening by his editor, George Andreou.Like all of V. S. Naipauls travel books, The Masque of Africa encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization.
Speaker:
Naipaul, V.S.
Date:
October 22, 2010
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
WGBH > Harvard Book Store > WGBH Forum Network
Subjects:
History
Literature & Philosophy
Extent:
00:56:29
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-s756d5pr0m
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Publisher:
WGBH