There's something about the commodification of a meme that suffocates its joyfulness.
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There seems to be a joyfulness and playful aspect in their skating.
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Choosing this or that house has only a moderate effect on joyfulness.
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Never lose that wonder about yourself and the possibility of joyfulness as expressed through fashion.
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I have learned a level of of compassion, a level of generosity, almost a necessary joyfulness.
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She wondered whether the serious expression was there to counteract the joyfulness of the saffron robes.
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An ascetic sensuality, at once somber, self-abnegating, and restrained in its joyfulness, floods through Yun's paintings.
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There is a kind of spontaneity and joyfulness in my life that I had rarely known before.
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The show's joyfulness is due as much to its confident aesthetic sensuousness as to its subject matter.
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Chip's lively joyfulness paired with a mysterious inner darkness has become a familiar aspect in Carrey's characters.
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The popularity of rainbows in fashion and accessories seems to hinge upon the color scheme's exuberance and joyfulness.
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The opening frenzied percussive patterns of "Tutapona," drummed and clapped out by the artist herself, beams with loose joyfulness.
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Its sprawling first movement built with relaxed confidence, and the third had a joyfulness that wasn't tight or driven.
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Her brother, Adnaan, said that as she grew up, Samya taught him about self-awareness, sensitivity to others, and joyfulness.
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Ms. Wells taught her daughter, Tatiana, now 17, the value of both unruly joyfulness and hard work, Ms. Jacobson said.
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There's a joyfulness inherent in the music and I'd like to try and channel that spirit as much as I can.
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" "As a graphic designer, I've always loved the Pantone fan decks, although more for their joyfulness and color than for their intended purpose.
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A triangle representing [the] Holy Trinity slowly shines on the metal rings which gives them life and vitality to escape the darkness with joyfulness.
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Tom Holland's Peter Parker was easily the best thing about 2016's Captain America: Civil War — he gave the movie much-needed lightness and joyfulness.
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But there is something unsettling about his joyfulness, as if it were a mask, carefully designed to lull handmaids into a false sense of comfort.
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But most of all, the evening, which raised money for the organization New Music USA, exuded the hopefulness and joyfulness, even playfulness, of Mr. Boulez's vision.
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A sense of either silly utopian joyfulness or damaged and doomed fretfulness dominates much of the exhibition's thrust, with spectacular, immense nature reduced to an art model.
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But when we got him out at Delilah in L.A. he made it clear ... THE JOYFULNESS IS OVER ... saying the team can't possibly replace everything he's done.
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I'm in Liverpool for the Labour party conference and am pretty sure some Corbynistas are gonna get party-drunk fairly soon, but the immediate reaction was circumspect in its joyfulness.
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He pretty much brought me up in the film world and spoiled me; we've all spoken about how the set is, he creates the environment and the joyfulness and the creativity.
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"This is kind of an opportunity to do something that just kind of celebrates life and the summer and joyfulness," said Jeffrey Furticella, a staff photo editor on the Metro desk.
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The Cannes Film Festival, under way just down the French Riviera coast from Monaco, held a minute's silence on Tuesday for what organizers condemned as an "attack on culture, youth and joyfulness".
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There's a real joyfulness to the commercial, especially that moment where she tries to grab water from the faucet and gravity has seemingly lost its mind, that put a smile on my face.
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"The world knows Harper Lee was a brilliant writer but what many don't know is that she was an extraordinary woman of great joyfulness, humility and kindness," said the company's president and publisher, Michael Morrison.
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Cabello's Grammys vocals were more extravagant and riff-heavy than they are in the recorded version, which only added to the high-energy joyfulness of the performance, and her celebrity guests more than rose to the occasion.
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However conscious we are of the freedom and awareness and joyfulness we lose as we age, we live a full human life not by stopping at any stage, but by becoming all that is in us to become.
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The naiveté and the joyfulness of a child is one of the most beautiful things in the world, and somewhere along the way you can get injured or hurt or heartbroken and sometimes you lose little pieces of joy.
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"The world knows Harper Lee was a brilliant writer but what many don't know is that she was an extraordinary woman of great joyfulness, humility and kindness," said Michael Morrison, President and Publisher of HarperCollins US General Books Group and Canada.
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CANNES, France (Reuters) - Filmmakers and fans at Cannes held a minute's silence on Tuesday for the victims of the bombing of a pop concert in Manchester, condemned by the film festival's organizers as an "attack on culture, youth and joyfulness".
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However, richer countries see an uptick of joyfulness in old age: Germans are happier when they are over 75 years old than when they are between 25 and 34, and the Swiss are happier when they are over 75 than when they are teenagers.
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" She writes that she "took the job with a firm belief in excellence for every student, in the dignity and joyfulness of the teaching profession, and in the importance of trusting relationships where collaboration is the driving force," adding that she plans to "retire (again) in the coming months.
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Read our review Availability: Digital download Nominated for: Picture, Director (Damien Chazelle), Actor (Ryan Gosling), Actress (Emma Stone), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Original Score, Original Song ("Audition"), Original Song ("City of Stars"), Sound Mixing, Sound Editing Equal parts joyfulness, wistfulness, and bittersweet melancholy, La La Land — a gentle, largely unassuming little musical about two would-be artists who fall in love over the course of one year in Los Angeles — is a disarmingly slight movie to have somehow managed 14 Oscar nominations.
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In 1832, joyfulness became clear as the battle was won: East and West Vincent were divided along the French Creek. The Kennedy Bridge, Parker's Ford, and Vincent Forge Mansion are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Sharma is a common Hindu surname in India and Nepal. The Sanskrit stem ' (nom. ') can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'. Although historically associated with people of the Brahmin varnas, the name is also widely adopted by other Hindu communities.
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The 1807 translation by Alexander Geddes for Catholics demonstrates some of the alternative choices set out in the translation notes section below: # A EUCHARISTIC PSALM. CELEBRATE Jehovah, all ye lands ! # with joyfulness worship Jehovah ! Come into his presence with exultation.
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Various socio-cultural clubs are coming up to develop the local culture, flora and fauna. The cultural beauty and abundance in Khumulwng is invaluable. The town is a blend of tribal culture and the Christian influence. We see people celebrating the Goria Ter as well as the Christmas with much joyfulness.
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Cukor's focus on hardship and relief partnered with intense familial commitment creates a nostalgic and sentimental picture of joyfulness, moral improvement, and social progression. The 1933 film became a trademark of “an activist spirit grounded in unbreakable ties to family and community” as the March girls represent the hope and determination that was prominent during both the Civil War and the Great Depression.
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A separate stove may be used for controlling the amount of smoke circulating through the kang, maintaining comfort in warmer weather. Typically, a kang occupies one-third to one half the area the room, and is used for sleeping at night and for other activities during the day. A kang which covers the entire floor is called a dikang (). The blessing of the good and the joyfulness.
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They simply cannot comprehend the joyfulness I have experienced during the painting. One can argue that artists are ‘selfish’ to certain extent. It is just like you watch a worker digging a hole on the ground. In your eyes the worker is doing the exactly same thing over and over again, but actually the worker digs to different depth every single time,” Feng explains.
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The wine glass, discreetly shown on the table behind the songbook, is tied with both joyfulness and seduction. In the 17th century it was popular to paint scenes that depicted feasts that included drinking, gaming, and playing music. Later on, these large gatherings became smaller and more exclusive with two or three people shown. Drinking wine was also associated with love during this time period.
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The last movement of this sonata is unlike many of Mozart's sonatas' last movements, which tend to have fast tempo and joyfulness and happiness. This movement contains a great tragic sense that really makes it stand out. The subject, which is unusually long, consists of two parts, both ending with perfect cadences. The first is introduced quietly, with melody in the right hand accompanied by left hand chords, with much calmness.
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Based on its appearance and description, it may actually been a kurī instead. Artist Paul Gauguin depicted dogs in Tahiti and the Marquesasalthough it is unclear whether they were the prototypical Polynesian Dogin several works, including I raro te oviri (I) (Under the Pandanus I) (1891) and Arearea (Joyfulness) 1892. The prominence in his paintings of these collarless free range dogs has been the subject of much speculation as to their symbolic or metaphorical meaning.
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Far from Home: The English in New Zealand, p. 103. University of Otago Press, Dunedin. . She married the same day as her younger sister Charlotte in the church at Guiseley after her fiancé had celebrated the union of two other couples. She was a literate and pious woman, known for her lively spirit, joyfulness, and tenderness, and it was she who designed the samplers that are on display in the museum and had them embroidered by her children.
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The Taipinggu () is a dance variety with hand-held drum; it is also known as Dangu () and "Drums of Great Peace". It is popular in North China and commonly performed by the Manchu ethnic group for shamanist priests. As the years passed by, it became a way for people to express the joyfulness and happiness. The Taipinggu was originated in the Tang dynasty and prospered in Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years.
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Peters implemented the use of "dark lighting and closeted aesthetic" while shooting it. The album's second single "Streets of Africa" was released on November 24. Reviewing for Konbini Channels, Daniel Orubo said Burna Boy "effortlessly alternates between highlighting the joyfulness of being African, bragging about his prowess with the ladies, praising his own musical ability, and warning his haters not to fuck with him." On December 8, "Koni Baje" was released as the album's third single.
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Lalonde said these became her favored medium because their "rich and vibrant colours" best expressed "the joyfulness that characterizes her work". Pitseolak's cousin, Kiakshuk, and Houston both inspired her to try her hand at drawing. She also worked on copper plates, but did not enjoy this technique. In the last two decades of her life, from 1960 onwards, she produced a collection of more than 7,000 images, 233 of which were created as prints in her Cape Dorset Collection.
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To every image and every word, it was trying to get a Lantern lit up and a beam shines and a heart wake. The purpose is “joyfulness” that of course the interest of every one’s life is once has lived happy and where encouraged to “fly” it has been the demand of getting salvation and prosperity. The hope is that to appreciate the time and add to our goodness that life opportunities are few and our life is short.
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Using cocaine during pregnancy creates neurological damage to the fetus and neurobehavioral problems to the infants. 72 infants participated in a study where 36 infants have prenatal exposure to cocaine. The results demonstrate that compared to the control group, cocaine-exposed infants have decreased emotional responsivity, as they exhibit fewer expressions of joy, interest, surprise, anger, and sadness. Specifically, the cocaine-exposed group has reduced response to positive affective stimuli, suggesting that cocaine-exposure during pregnancy decreases feelings of joyfulness.
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The box set's liner notes are a 24-page booklet written by Frith, which includes an interview with Frith conducted by one of the performers, Theresa Wong. Remarking on this collection, Wong said: > I was struck by the musicality. What I mean by that is: there's this > presence of songs and song forms – the music can be harmonic and melodic, > there's noise, there's rhythm, a joyfulness, an exploration, a sensuality of > sounds, but always underlining that is a musicality that feels to me like > songs.
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A Wizard of Earthsea and other novels of the Earthsea cycle differ notably from Le Guin's early Hainish cycle works, although they were written at a similar time. George Slusser described the Earthsea works as providing a counterweight to the "excessive pessimism" of the Hainish novels. He saw the former as depicting individual action in a favorable light, in contrast to works such as "Vaster than Empires and More Slow". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction said the book was pervaded by a "grave joyfulness".
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The joyfulness, purity and unrestrained delight of the "starry voice ascending" awakens "the best in us to him akin". The lark's song is the wine which lifts us with him in the golden cup, the valley of this world: the lark the woods and brooks, the creatures and the human line, the dance and the marriage of life within it. The hearts of men shall feel them better, shall feel them celestially, "as long as you crave nothing but the song". The poet's voice becomes choric.
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A.B. wrote increasingly cumbia-influenced songs for Ven Conmigo (1990); Ramiro Burr of Billboard said Selena and her band had "evolved a rhythmic style that demonstrated its increasing prowess for catchy cumbias such as 'Baila Esta Cumbia' and the title track". Italian essayist Gaetano Prampolini wrote that "Selena's voice projected a sonorous warmth and joyfulness" during her review of Selena's cumbia recordings. In his review of the remix album Enamorada de Ti (2012), Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that Selena's songs were "rooted in the '90s and sound that way".
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Pettathulal, also known as Petta Kettu, is a historic ritualistic dance held annually on 27th Dhanu at Erumely in the district of Kottayam in Kerala. It is performed during the Mandalam - Makaravilakku period (November, December and January) in the presence of thousands of devotees which depicts the joyfulness of people by the slaying of Mahishi by Lord Ayyappa. Two groups actively participates in the thullal, one from Ambalappuzha and other from Aalangadu. Ambalappuzha group starts their journey to Erumely on 22nd of Dhanu and a couple of days before the thullal.
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"The Arkansas Traveler" was frequently featured in animated cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s, most prolifically by Carl Stalling in music he composed for the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes series. It usually was played, sloppily, when a yokel, hillbilly, or "country bumpkin" character would appear on screen. A slow version of the "Bringing home a baby bumble-bee" version is sung by Beaky Buzzard in the short The Bashful Buzzard. The popularity and joyfulness of "The Arkansas Traveler" was attested to in the 1932 Academy Award-winning Laurel and Hardy short, The Music Box.
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Among the critics were Kiera Parrott, who wrote in School Library Journal that the book was "highly problematic" and that it "convey[s] a feeling of joyfulness that contrasts starkly with the reality of slave life". As of January 18, the book had received over 100 one-star ratings on Amazon.com. On January 13, 2016, a critical review of the book by librarian Edith Campbell was posted on the Facebook page of the Washington, DC-based nonprofit Teaching for Change, along with a photo of the book’s back cover.
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The album title and its title track were inspired by Gilberto's Bossa nova style, and by a story he told the group about his daughter. The song lays out the main idea of the album: to criticize the sadness and melancholy that were on display in contemporary Brazilian music, and to replace them with joyfulness and pleasure. Some of the album's most successful songs include "Preta Pretinha", "Besta É Tu" and "Tinindo Trincando". 40 years after its release, the album continues to be one of the most popular and influential of Brazilian music in general.
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Temple Nan Tien outlines the principles of humanistic Buddhism as integrating Buddhist practices into everyday life based on the nature of Sakyamuni Buddha achieving Buddhahood while bound in an earthly form. Humanistic Buddhism is based on six core concepts, namely humanism, altruism, spiritual practices as part of daily life, joyfulness, timeliness and the universality of saving all beings. From these principles, the aim of humanistic Buddhism is to reconnect Buddhist practice with the ordinary and places emphasis on caring for the material world, not solely concerned with achieving delivery from it.
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"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" tells the tale of a narrator, who during one night slept and had a dream. In the dream, he encountered a room filled with men (presumably politicians) signing papers that stated "They'd never fight again". Following the ratifying and widespread publication of it, the men put aside their differences, joining hand-in-hand, bowing their heads, and praying. The lyrics then go on to describe the reaction of the public, which is joyfulness, with citizens dancing on the street while weapons and army equipment could be spotted on the ground.
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Joanna Russ noted the steady increase in McCaffrey's command of her craft over the writing of the stories, saying "one of the pleasures of reading Ship is watching it progress from some rather awful gaucheries through the middling treatment of middling ideas to the final two sections in which the author at last begins to dramatize scenes with ease and some polish." Russ concluded that while the book suffers from a failure to rewrite the earlier work into a coherent whole, "Even at its silliest the book has a contagious joyfulness.""Books," F&SF;, July 1970, p. 40-2.
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These are regarded by many scholars as hypothesis only, and built on an unstable foundation and what can only be conjecture. Critics argue that artists during this period painted not for their own pleasure but for commission, while the language and secularization of a post-Renaissance mind-set projected onto Bosch would have been alien to the late-Medieval painter.Grange Books, 38 Fränger's thesis stimulated others to examine The Garden more closely. Writer Carl Linfert also senses the joyfulness of the people in the center panel, but rejects Fränger's assertion that the painting is a "doctrinaire" work espousing the "guiltless sexuality" of the Adamite sect.
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In season 5, he decided to give up his throne for Zora and flee with her for his joyfulness in which his nephew gave his excuses. According to Masikura in "Viva Mort," Julien's uncle is the worst king because he did some things to other kingdoms and never apologized. Masikura told King Julien he doesn't have to be his uncle, when she is trying to help him apologize to Maurice. In a later plot, Uncle King Julien lures the whole kingdom to another island by faking the end of the world, only to imprison them in a camp and locking his nephew in the "Iron Booty".
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Gouvea also writes about the veneration of the Cross at Cranganore, referring to the cross as "Cross of Christians". There are several interpretations of the Nasrani symbol. The interpretation based on Christian Jewish tradition assumes that its design was based on Jewish menorah, an ancient symbol of the Hebrews, which consists of seven branched lamp stand (candelabra). The interpretation based on local culture states that the Cross without the figure of Jesus and with flowery arms symbolizing "joyfulness" points to the resurrection theology of Saint Paul; the Holy Spirit on the top represents the role of Holy Spirit in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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It would bring abundant peace and prosperity to our descendants for many years to come. You had been the pillar for our country and brought honor to your clan. Having an illustrious career, and accomplishing all “four beautiful elements”,Translator’s note: “四美咸具” origins from Wang Bo’s ( one of the four Literary Eminences in Early Tang ) poem “Preface to Teng Wang Temple” 《滕王阁序》– “四美具，二難并”. The four beautiful elements (四美) are (1)beautiful day, (2)beautiful scenery, (3)joyfulness and (4)happy event. This is a reference that Bak Myeongwon’s life as a Confucian scholar is completed with no regrets.
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Her humor and joyfulness gained for her the esteem of the Chinese, who called her "the laughing foreigner". In the course of the Boxer Rebellion, an edict was issued on 1 July 1900 which, in substance, said that the time of good relations with European missionaries and their Christians was now past: that the former must be repatriated at once and the faithful forced to apostatize, on penalty of death. When she heard the news that a persecution was approaching Sr. Amandine said: "I pray God, not to save the martyrs, but to fortify them." With true Franciscan joy she and her companions met their deaths singing the Te Deum, the hymn of thanksgiving.
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There are several interpretations for the Latinised St. Thomas Christian Symbol. The interpretation based on Christian Jewish tradition assumes that its design was based on Jewish menorah, an ancient symbol of the Hebrews, which consists of seven branched lamp stand (candelabra).Paul M. Collins: Christian inculturation in India – Page 119 The interpretation based on local culture states that the Cross without the figure of Jesus and with flowery arms symbolising "joyfulness" points to the resurrection theology of St. Paul, the downward-facing bird (most likely a dove) on the top represents the role of the Holy Spirit in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The lotus symbolizing Buddhism and the Cross over it shows that Christianity was established in the land of Buddha.
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Anglo-Norman French then French: ~29% Latin (including words used only in scientific, medical or legal contexts): ~29% Germanic: ~26% Others: ~16% A great number of words of French origin have entered the English language to the extent that many Latin words have come to the English language. According to different sources, 45% of all English words have a French origin. This suggests that 80,000 words should appear in this list; this list, however, only includes words imported directly from French, such as both joy and joyous, and does not include derivatives formed in English of words borrowed from French, including joyful, joyfulness, partisanship, and parenthood. It also excludes both combinations of words of French origin with words whose origin is a language other than French — e.g.
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" He judged the duo to have approached the album "with such passion and joyfulness on "Is There Anyone Out There?"(sic) that you end up going along for the wild ride and enjoying it." Elysa Gardner of USA Today was equally positive and thought the tunes in the album "smartly crafted," the singing of the duo blended "seamlessly," and that their more driving tracks "establish this pair as pop contenders." Among the more negative reviews, Jim Farber of New York Daily News castigated the album, calling it the "latest, and clumsiest, example" of "the geekiest elements of modern show tunes into the musical mainstream," one that "pivots on the kind of reedy, sexually unsure, and over-articulated vocals that scream 'bad Broadway.
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Forty of his chariots with harness were taken away and Karaštu, Nebuchadnezzar I's field-marshal, was captured.” The later king Šulmānu- ašarēdu III credited him with rebuilding the city wall of Assur in his own rededication. His own brick inscriptions from the same city identify him as builder of the temple of the gods Adad and An, Ištar of Assyria and Aššur. He built a palace in Bumariyah, ancient Apqu ša Adad, as witnessed by a baked brick inscription. n. 120 His most significant construction efforts were witnessed at his capital, Nineveh, the location of his palace, the Egalšaḫulla (“The Palace of Joyfulness”), where he rebuilt the tower-gates of the temple of Ishtar which had been damaged by earthquakes during the earlier reigns of Šulmānu-ašarēdu I (c.
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Tumuluru, Kamal Kumar (2015 hi me rpota), Hindu Prayers, Gods and Festivals, Partridge Publishing A shared cultural practices found amongst Hindus of Nepal and various parts of India is making sticky, bound sweets particularly from sesame (til) and a sugar base such as jaggery (gud, gur, also Chaku in Nepali language). This type of sweet is a symbolism for being together in peace and joyfulness, despite the uniqueness and differences between individuals. For most parts of India, this period is a part of early stages of the Rabi crop and agricultural cycle, where crops have been sown and the hard work in the fields is mostly over. The time thus signifies a period of socializing and families enjoying each other's company, taking care of the cattle, and celebrating around bonfires, in Maharashtra the festival is celebrated by flying kites.
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" Friends quickly raised the money to pay the fines for Clarke and Crandall, but as soon as Holmes discovered what was happening, he forbade the payment of his fine, as a matter of conscience. On 5 September 1651 Holmes was taken to the town's whipping post, and given 30 lashes with a three-corded whip. Writing later about the event, Holmes related "...having joyfulness in my heart, and cheerfulness in my countenance...I told the magistrates, 'You have struck me as with roses.'" While he claimed to have felt no pain during the incident, he was so cruelly whipped that his companion, Dr. Clarke, wrote, "that in many days, if not some weeks, he could take no rest, but as he lay upon his knees and elbows, not being able to suffer any part of his body to touch the bed whereon he lay.
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In these pieces, > David Felder proves himself not only as a composer that knows how to > concentrate and use the subtle nuances of the instruments, but also as a > composer that can use at the same time an extreme sense for the right > balance between different tension-fields. November Sky (1992), for flute, > incorporates the addition of a NeXT Computer to bring to reality a multi- > layered, enhanced, sound-variability; (it is) an "in and out swelling" Lied > of more than 16 minutes of duration in contrast exchange of joyfulness and > melancholy. The movement for string quartet, Third Face (1988-98), startles > through its unpretentious aggressiveness and drama, in which the few quiet > passages contribute to the intensification of the climax rather than the > relaxation. With Canzone XXXI (1993), Felder devotes himself to the > refreshingly direct manner of the Brass Music of the 16th-century Venetian > tradition.
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Montoya notes drag as a queer art form, “In sensibility, in approach, in it’s imagination: This is queer art.” He cites as an early inspiration the 1981 wedding dress of Princess Diana (designed by David Emanuel and Elizabeth Emanuel), “It was so obnoxious and beautiful to me”; he was also inspired by the joyfulness of John Galliano, and the darkness of Alexander McQueen. Montoya found the drag scene in New York City stale in the mid 2000s, moving there in 2004, until the Brooklyn area started transforming with what he characterized as a “more de-constructed,” and experimental voice. For his own outfits he wore custom onesies made of spandex “to take some pressure off myself by creating playful and maybe a little ridiculous aliases.” He wore them exclusively for his first four years in the city; later on he would shoot a series, Gay Superheroes, with them as the basis.
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The Texas Buddhist Association (TBA, ) is a non-profit nondenominational religious organization committed to providing religious ceremonies and educational programs and serving the community. Not distinguishing between different sects of Buddhism, TBA places an emphasis on spreading the right views of the Dharma. The mission statement is to adopt and practice Buddha's teachings of loving kindness, compassion, joyfulness, and serenity in our daily lives for the benefit of ourselves and others; and to cultivate the wisdom necessary for clear understanding of both the universe and the human spirit. With multiple monastics and a large lay congregation, TBA is now one of the largest Buddhist associations in the United States, with its 515-acre American Bodhi Center in Waller County, Texas one of the largest by area Buddhist facilities in the country, comparable with the nearby 500 acre Chung Tai International Retreat Center Texas Pagoda Chan Monastery in Shepherd, Texas, the 400 acre Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California, and the 700 acres of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, California.
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In The Age Pamela Bone wrote that in "this big, exhaustive history Martin Meredith leaves us in little doubt as to what he believes is the primary cause of Africa's pain: its corrupt, tyrannical, incompetent, thieving, "vampire-like" leaders... It documents, country by country, decade by decade, a depressing litany of wars, revolutions, dictatorships, famines, genocide, coups and economic collapse". While Bone wrote that the book is an "impressive history, well told" she criticised the fact that "the book misses the spirit of Africa, the joyfulness and strength of the people, which persists despite their appalling hardships, and which gives hope". Writing in The Independent Alex Duval Smith described The State of Africa as a "dispassionate analysis" that "does more than perhaps he (Meredith) realises to set the past 50 African years in a continuum" Chris Nkwatsibwe, a human rights activist from Uganda praised the book. Nkwatsibwe wrote that "Meredith works with the colossal spatial and temporal span of this subject with ease, weaving chapters together in a loose chronological order to present the narrative as a patchwork quilt of Africa, rather than as a rigid country-by- country timeline".
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