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Black is the journey, Africana the name / Maboula Soumahoro ; translated by Kaiama Glover.
Van Pelt Library DC34.5.B55 S6813 2022
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soumahoro, Maboula, 1976- author.
- Series:
- Critical South
- Standardized Title:
- Triangle et l'hexagone. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Soumahoro, Maboula, 1976-.
- Soumahoro, Maboula.
- Black people--France--Biography.
- Black people.
- Women, Black--France--Biography.
- Women, Black.
- Black people--Race identity--France.
- Women, Black--Race identity--France.
- Racism--France.
- Racism.
- Black people--Race identity.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 103 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2022.
- Summary:
- "A powerful reflection on race and identity in the Black/African diaspora"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: On diaspora
- What is this "I"?
- 1. The Triangle: Oxymoronic Circles
- Chronotope
- Scholarly and personal implications
- An intellectual tradition
- The question of return
- 2. University Trajectory: Atlantic Peregrinations
- Black orbit
- Studying in France
- Studying overseas
- 3. The Hexagon: An Ambiguous Adventure
- "For the great MCs, on behalf of a grateful `hood'"
- 2005: "Right the wrong, by any means necessary"
- Public discourse
- Black History Month (BHM)/Africana Days
- To be done with the burden of race.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in French as Le triangle et l'hexagone: Réflexions sur une identité noire © Éditions La Découverte, Paris, 2020."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Soumahoro, Maboula, 1976- Triangle et l'hexagone. English. Black is the journey, Africana the name
- ISBN:
- 9781509548323
- 1509548327
- 9781509548330
- 1509548335
- OCLC:
- 1255520158
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