Damon Corrie

Broschiertes Buch

Amazonia's Mythical and Legendary Creatures in the Eagle Clan Lokono-Arawak Oral Tradition of Guyana

Beschreibung

Included are real-life oral tradition accounts drawn from the author's personal involvement in tribal life, and his personal interactions with tribal elders (all mentioned by name) who contributed some of these examples included in this book. The author is a reliable source for the information provided, as he himself is a 4th generation maternal descendant heir to the hereditary Chieftaincy of the Eagle Clan Lokono-Arawaks of Guyana, and the reader is treated to a brief history lesson (in a pertinent back story to the Giant Harpy Eagle myth/legend example given) as to his Clans own origins; dating back to the time of Columbus. This is a valuable resource for academics, the spiritually inclined/curious, as well as parents and older children alike. For academics, there is a great lack of authentic materials about the Lokono-Arawaks that is actually written by them, usually, we only have the writings of a non-indigenous author's second or third-hand accounts, observations, or assumptions - available for perusal about this ancient tribe of people. For the spiritually inclined/curious, it is very interesting to learn of an indigenous cosmovision that is totally different from that espoused by most established dominant organized religions known to mankind, and I daresay some insights the author presents are well worth deeper consideration and meditative pondering upon. For parents and children, it makes for additional reading material that children (in an age where reading is in unfortunate decline) will find exciting to read, in a magical yet scientific and 'consciousness-expanding' kind of way. Some readers may appreciate how the author weaves proven scientific discoveries of similar creatures into several mythical/legendary examples, inviting the reader to not only do online independent research to verify what he is saying but planting logical theoretical possibilities explaining how one relates to – or could support the existence of – the other.

Autor

Damon is part of the 100 member Barbados-born Lokono-Arawak community (all one family of cousins), his mother Audrey named Damon after the American author Damon Runyon, and from a very young age, Damon exhibited a passion and love for writing. Damon is a 4th generation descendant heir of the last traditional Hereditary Shaman Chief Amorothe Haubariria (Flying Harpy Eagle) of the Bariria Korobahado Lokono (Eagle Clan Arawaks) of Guyana, South America, Moreover, the grave of Damon's great grandmother is the only known burial site of a member of Lokono-Arawak nobility in the entire Caribbean - and with a tombstone written in both the English and Lokono-Arawak language (the only one of its kind in the world), it has become a tourist attraction in the Westbury Cemetery in the capital city of Bridgetown Barbados.    Damon has become the most famous Caribbean-born 21st Century voice for indigenous peoples in the Caribbean, having helped to create the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the Organization of American States/OAS (from the year 2000-2016), in co-mentoring over 200 International Indigenous students for the Tribal Link Foundation at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since 2007, and, since 2021, as a Filmmaker and creator of a 100% Grassroots Caribbean Indigenous Film Industry, as well as being an autodidact journalist with news articles published in 4 continents, and a writer for the Last Real Indians indigenous media website.   Damon can be followed on Instagram @eagleclanarawaks & @ firstnationsproductions  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Damon Corrie
• Seitenzahl: 66
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 97g
• ISBN-13: 9781393821069
• ISBN-10: 1393821065
• Artikelnr.: 62051466