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Looking for Livingstone: An Odyssey of Silence
Now in its 7th printing: A woman, travelling alone through time, Africa, and unnamed lands, searches for Dr. David Livingstone, celebrated by the West as a "discoverer" of Africa.聽Looking for Livingstone聽explodes Western assumptions about the "silence" of indigenous peoples; this is an elegant work which beautifully gives voice to the ancestors to whom it is dedicated.
M. NourbeSe Philip is a Trinidadian Canadian Poet, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
Other publications from this author include:
- Zong! (2008)
- Coups and Calypsos (1999)
- Harriet's Daughter (1990)
- Discourse on the Logic of Language (1989)
- She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks (1989)
- Salmon Courage (1983)
- Thorns (1980)