African Symbols, Proverbs and Myths

The Author: Rev. Father Raphael Okechukwu Madu is chaplain of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and a Post-Doctoral student at Fordham University. Born in Nigeria in 1955, he received his B.Phil. and B.D. from Pontifical University, Rome; a B.A. (Linguistics), an M.A. (Religious Sciences), an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. (Philosophy) from Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium; and his M.A. and Professional Diploma in Education Administration and Supervision from Fordham University. In addition to this two years experience as Editor of 'The Leader' Newspaper (Nigeria), he has taught Literature and Scripture at Mater Ecclesiae Seminary, Nguru. As a future assignment, Fr. Madu will be lecturing in philosophy at Bigard Seminary, Nigeria.

Contents: Analyzing Igbo symbols, myths and proverbs, using Recoeur's hermeneutic procedures, the book offers new and crucial insights into the traditional African perception of human destiny.