Poetics of Postcolonial Biblical Criticism

Aliou Cissé Niang

Telling in current biblical postcolonial discourse that draws insights from the works of Aime Ce saire, Frantz Fanon, and postcolonial theorists is the missing contribution of Le opold Se dar Senghor, the architect of Ne gritude. If mentioned at all, Senghor is often read through conclusions drawn by his critics or dismissed altogether as irrelevant to postcolonialism. Restored to its rightful place, Senghorian Negritude is a postcolonial lens for reading Scripture and other faith traditions with a view to reposition, conscientize, liberate, and rehabilitate the conquered, and enable them to reclaim their faith traditions and practices that once directed a mutual relationship between God, human, and nature--a delicate symbiosis before the French colonial advent in West Africa. A keen eye for cross-cultural analysis and contextualization enriched this volume with an intriguing reading...