Black Nationalist Thought in South Africa : The Persistence of an Idea of Liberation / by Hashi Kenneth Tafira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tafira, Hashi Kenneth., Author.

Series:

African Histories and Modernities, 2634-5781

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern.

Africa--History.

Africa.

Social history.

World politics.

Modern History.

African History.

Social History.

Political History.

Local Subjects:

Modern History.

African History.

Social History.

Political History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book maintains that South Africa, despite the official end of apartheid in 1994, remains steeped in the interstices of coloniality. The author looks at the Black Nationalist thought in South Africa and its genealogy. Colonial modernity and coloniality of power and their equally sinister accessories, war, murder, rape and genocide have had a lasting impact onto those unfortunate enough to receive such ghastly visitations. Tafira explores a range of topics including youth political movement, the social construction of blackness in Azania, and conceptualizations from the Black Liberation Movement. .

Contents:

Introduction

.1. The Black Nationalist Movement in Azania

.2. BC and its Fortunes After 1976

.3. BC in the Postapartheid Era

.4. Some Considerations in a Youth Political Movement

.5. Youth Politics, Agency and Subjectivity

.6. The Social Construction of Blackness in Azania

.7. The Black Middle Class and Black Struggles

.8. Culture and History in the Black Struggles for Liberation

.9. Collaboration, Complicity and “Selling – Out” In South Africa Historiography

.10. Transference and Re (de) placement and The edge Towards a Postcolonial Conundrum

.11. The Idea of the Nation in South Africa, 1940 to post 1994: Conceptualisations from the Black Liberation Movement

.12. Symbols, Symbolism and the New Social Order

Concluding Remarks.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781137586506

1137586508