Re: The Philosophies of Ayi Kwei Armah
"It's a disease, a popular one. It comes from
spiritual blindness. If I'm not spiritually blind, I
see your spirit. I speak to it if I want to invite you
to do something with me. If your spirit agrees it
moves your body and your body acts. That's
inspiration. But if I'm blind to your spirit I see
only your body. Then if I want you to do something for
me I force or trick your body into doing it even
against your spirit's direction. That's manipulation.
Manipulation steals a person's body from his spirit,
cuts the body off from its own spirit's direction."
Damfo, The Healer (1978)
Ayi Kwei Armah
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