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Africans Are Not Black
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Author : Kwesi Tsri
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-20
Africans Are Not Black written by Kwesi Tsri and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-20 with Social Science categories.
Africans are not literally black, yet they are called black. Why? This book explores the genesis and evolution of the description of Africans as black, the consequences of this practice, and how it contributes to the denigration (blackening) and dehumanisation of Africans. It uses this analysis to advance a case for abandoning the use of the term ‘black’ to describe and categorise Africans. Mainstream discussions of the history of European racism have generally neglected the role of black and white colour symbolisms in sustaining the supposed superiority of those labelled white over those labelled black. This work redresses that neglect, by tracing the genesis of the conception of Africans as black in ancient Greece and its continued employment in early Christian writings, followed by an original, close analysis of how this use is replicated in three key representative texts: Shakespeare's Othello, the translation of the Bible into the African language Ewe, and a book by the influential Ghanaian religious leader, Mensa Otabil. It concludes by directly addressing the argument that ‘black’ can be turned into a positive concept, demonstrating the failure of this approach to deal with the real problems raised by imposing the term ‘black’ on its human referents.
Not White Enough Not Black Enough
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Author : Mohamed Adhikari
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2005-11-17
Not White Enough Not Black Enough written by Mohamed Adhikari and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-17 with History categories.
The concept of Colouredness—being neither white nor black—has been pivotal to the brand of racial thinking particular to South African society. The nature of Coloured identity and its heritage of oppression has always been a matter of intense political and ideological contestation. Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Racial Identity in the South African Coloured Community is the first systematic study of Coloured identity, its history, and its relevance to South African national life. Mohamed Adhikari engages with the debates and controversies thrown up by the identity’s troubled existence and challenges much of the conventional wisdom associated with it. A combination of wide-ranging thematic analyses and detailed case studies illustrates how Colouredness functioned as a social identity from the time of its emergence in the late nineteenth century through its adaptation to the postapartheid environment. Adhikari demonstrates how the interplay of marginality, racial hierarchy, assimilationist aspirations, negative racial stereotyping, class divisions, and ideological conflicts helped mold people’s sense of Colouredness over the past century. Knowledge of this history, and of the social and political dynamic that informed the articulation of a separate Coloured identity, is vital to an understanding of present-day complexities in South Africa.
Black Africans In Renaissance Europe
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Author : Thomas Foster Earle
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-05-26
Black Africans In Renaissance Europe written by Thomas Foster Earle and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-26 with History categories.
This highly original book opens up the almost entirely neglected area of the black African presence in Western Europe during the Renaissance. Covering history, literature, art history and anthropology, it investigates a whole range of black African experience and representation across Renaissance Europe, from various types of slavery to black musicians and dancers, from real and symbolic Africans at court to the views of the Catholic Church, and from writers of African descent to Black African criminality. Their findings demonstrate the variety and complexity of black African life in fifteenth and sixteenth-century Europe, and how it was affected by firmly held preconceptions relating to the African continent and its inhabitants, reinforced by Renaissance ideas and conditions. Of enormous importance both for European and American history, this book mixes empirical material and theoretical approaches, and addresses such issues as stereotypes, changing black African identity, and cultural representation in art and literature.
Blacks In Antiquity
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Author : Frank M. Snowden
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1970
Blacks In Antiquity written by Frank M. Snowden and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with History categories.
Investigates the participation of black Africans, usually referred to as "Ethiopians," by the Greek and Romans, in classical civilization, concluding that they were accepted by pagans and Christians without prejudice.
Not So Plain As Black And White
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Author : Patricia M. Mazón
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2005
Not So Plain As Black And White written by Patricia M. Mazón and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
An exploration of the subject of Afro-Germans, which, in recent years has captured the interest of scholars across the humanities for providing insight into contemporary Germany's transformation into a multicultural society.
The Hidden Cost Of Being African American
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Author : Thomas M. Shapiro
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Hidden Cost Of Being African American written by Thomas M. Shapiro and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Over the past three decades, racial prejudice in America has declined significantly and many African American families have seen a steady rise in employment and annual income. But alongside these encouraging signs, Thomas Shapiro argues in The Hidden Cost of Being African American, fundamental levels of racial inequality persist, particularly in the area of asset accumulation--inheritance, savings accounts, stocks, bonds, home equity, and other investments-. Shapiro reveals how the lack of these family assets along with continuing racial discrimination in crucial areas like homeownership dramatically impact the everyday lives of many black families, reversing gains earned in schools and on jobs, and perpetuating the cycle of poverty in which far too many find themselves trapped. Shapiro uses a combination of in-depth interviews with almost 200 families from Los Angeles, Boston, and St. Louis, and national survey data with 10,000 families to show how racial inequality is transmitted across generations. We see how those families with private wealth are able to move up from generation to generation, relocating to safer communities with better schools and passing along the accompanying advantages to their children. At the same time those without significant wealth remain trapped in communities that don't allow them to move up, no matter how hard they work. Shapiro challenges white middle class families to consider how the privileges that wealth brings not only improve their own chances but also hold back people who don't have them. This "wealthfare" is a legacy of inequality that, if unchanged, will project social injustice far into the future. Showing that over half of black families fall below the asset poverty line at the beginning of the new century, The Hidden Cost of Being African American will challenge all Americans to reconsider what must be done to end racial inequality.
Why I M No Longer Talking To White People About Race
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Author : Reni Eddo-Lodge
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-12
Why I M No Longer Talking To White People About Race written by Reni Eddo-Lodge and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-12 with Political Science categories.
'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak' The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION NARRATIVE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR A BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD
What If Blacks Did Not Exist
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Author : Felix T. Ehui
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
What If Blacks Did Not Exist written by Felix T. Ehui and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
At all levels, black people have contributed greatly to the world, this book explains that without them, many things would not have been possible in the Western world.
African Black World
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Author : Abdul Bangura
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-05
African Black World written by Abdul Bangura and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-05 with categories.
We demonstrate in this book that there is not a place in the world where humans exist that Africans/Blacks have not inhabited or visited. The concept Africans/Blacks as used here refers to people whose origins can be traced to the African continent. They can therefore reside in the continent or in the Diaspora. For each country profile, we present the estimated total population, the estimated African/Black population, and a brief history of the arrival of the first Africans/Blacks to the area. This is followed by references.From the beginning of time, the term "Black people" was used as a way to categorize systems of racial classification about humans perceived to be dark skinned. Different societies often employed different criteria in terms of how they classify people as "Black," and often social variables such as class and socioeconomic status would also play a significant role in the classification. Being "Black" is often associated with the very dark skin colors.
Proudly We Can Be Africans
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Author : James H. Meriwether
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2009-01-05
Proudly We Can Be Africans written by James H. Meriwether and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-05 with History categories.
The mid-twentieth century witnessed nations across Africa fighting for their independence from colonial forces. By examining black Americans' attitudes toward and responses to these liberation struggles, James Meriwether probes the shifting meaning of Africa in the intellectual, political, and social lives of African Americans. Paying particular attention to such important figures and organizations as W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and the NAACP, Meriwether incisively utilizes the black press, personal correspondence, and oral histories to render a remarkably nuanced and diverse portrait of African American opinion. Meriwether builds the book around seminal episodes in modern African history, including nonviolent protests against apartheid in South Africa, the Mau Mau war in Kenya, Ghana's drive for independence under Kwame Nkrumah, and Patrice Lumumba's murder in the Congo. Viewing these events within the context of their own changing lives, especially in regard to the U.S. civil rights struggle, African Americans have continually reconsidered their relationship to contemporary Africa and vigorously debated how best to translate their concerns into action in the international arena. Grounded in black Americans' encounters with Africa, this transnational history sits astride the leading issues of the twentieth century: race, civil rights, anticolonialism, and the intersections of domestic race relations and U.S. foreign relations.