《解放了的埃塞俄比亚》的文明互鉴与去中心化营构

Mutual Learning among Civilizations and Construction of Decentralization in Ethiopia Unbound

加纳作家J.E.凯斯利·海福德的《解放了的埃塞俄比亚》是非洲英语小说的先锋之作,但这部作品对未来问题的预见和洞见及其对欧洲中心论的解构长久以来并未得到应有的关注。海福德将非洲和黑人民族看作一个整体,在旁征博引的基础上诠释了非洲文明与欧洲文明之间的相通性与互补性,在去中心和反权威话语的建构中为黑人民族争取平等地位。作者精准捕捉到欧洲殖民者在宗教、政治和民族等问题上存在的种种矛盾悖论,揭示了其文明外衣下包藏的野心与罪恶,为重建黑人个性勾勒了理想蓝图。

Ethiopia Unbound by Joseph E.Casely Hayford,a Ghanaian writer,is a pioneer of African English fiction,but its foresight and insight into future problems and deconstruction of Eurocentrism have not received enough attention it deserves for a long time.Hayford regards Africa and the black nation as a whole,with extensive quotations,demonstrates the interconnectivity and complementarity between African and European civilizations,and fights for the equal status of the black nation in the construction of decentralized and anti-authoritative discourse.The writer accurately captures the contradictions and paradoxes of European colonists on such issues as religion,politics and race,reveals the ambition and evil hidden under the guise of civilization,and outlines an ideal blueprint for the reconstruction of black personality.