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The Black Consciousness Reader.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ndaba, Baldwin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Race identity--South Africa.
- Black people.
- Consciousness--Political aspects--South Africa.
- Consciousness.
- Black people--Politics and government.
- Black people--Social conditions.
- Politics and government.
- Race relations.
- Social conditions.
- South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : OR Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- There is a current revival of Black Consciousness, as political and student movements around the world - as well as academics and campaigners working in decolonization - reconfigure the continued struggle for socio-economic revolution. Yet the roots of Black Consciousness and its relation to other movements such as Black Lives Matter have only begun to be explored. Black Consciousness has deep connections to the struggle against apartheid. The Black Consciousness Reader is an essential collection of history, culture, philosophy and meaning of Black Consciousness by some of the thinkers, artists and activists who developed it in order to finally bring revolution to South Africa. A contribution to the world's Black cultural archive, it examines how the proper acknowledgement of Blackness brings a greater love, a broader sweep of heroes and a wider understanding of intellectual and political influences. Although the legendary murdered activist Steve Biko is a strong figure within this history, the book documents many other significant international Black Consciousness personalities and focuses a predominantly African eye on Black Consciousness in politics, land, women, power, art, music and religion. Onkgopotse Tiro, Vuyelwa Mashalaba, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Assata Shakur, Marcus Garvey, Neville Alexander, Thomas Sankara, Malcolm X, Don Mattera, Keorapetse Kgositsile, W.E.B. DuBois, Walter Rodney, Mongane Wally Serote, Ready D and Zola are among the many bold minds included in this amalgam of facts, ideas and images.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Back Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Foreword by Diamond Sharp
- Introduction by Ishmael Mkhabela
- Preface by the Authors
- 1 Steve Biko and the Rise of Black Consciousness
- 2 Africa, the Intellectuals and Black Solidarity
- 3 Black Consciousness and Christianity
- 4 The Soweto Massacre and the Growth of a New Black Consciousness
- 5 The Art of Black Consciousness
- 6 The Conscious Women
- 7 Land: The Continuing Revolution of Black Consciousness
- Appendix
- About the Authors
- References.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-68219-172-9
- OCLC:
- 1243544786
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