![]() ![]() This being conceived in denial of the natural order, then acts to initiate and promote disharmony in the universe. Yurugu is responsible for disorder in the universe. Yurugu, described in Dogon mythology, by the people of Mali, in West Africa, as incomplete, in search of the secrets of AMMA (the creative principle) of which he wants to “gain possession.” Acting with anxiety and impatience, and aggressiveness, he is incessantly restless. ![]() Described by the author as an "intentionally aggressive polemic", the book derives its title from a Dogon legend of an incomplete and destructive being rejected by its creator. Ani's 1994 work, Yurugu: An Afrikan-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior, examined the influence of European culture on the formation of modern institutional frameworks, through colonialism and imperialism, from an African perspective. ![]()
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