The Coyaba Chronicles
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The Coyaba Chronicles
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher: New Africa Books
Release Date : 2000
The Coyaba Chronicles written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by New Africa Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Social Science categories.
'By the time these chronicles are made public we will, I suspect, be into the twenty-first century. I did not expect to live this long.' These are among the first words of the memoirs from Peter Abrahams, novelist and writer, born in Vrededorp, South Africa in 1919. Best Known for such classic novels as Mine Boy (1946) and Tell Freedom (1954) (both still in print), Abrahams draws on a wealth of experience and the uniquely authoritative perspective that comes from having lived for almost the entire twentieth century and across three continents, to reflect on the black experience in the last century. The Coyaba Chronicles: Reflections on the Black Experience in the Twentieth Century is both a personal memoir and a powerful meditation on what W.E.B. Dubois defined at the beginning of the century as '...the problem of the colour line; of the relations between the lighter and darker races of man....' Using Dubois as a point of departure, Abrahams writes passionately, about the inherent 'wrongness' of racial hatred and contemplates such timeless questions as: 'Why was colour the most crucial issue of our century?' 'When will we get over the deep psychic and emotional damage done by the racial experience?' This is one of the major themes of the memoir - that of the quest for an integrated identity - a challenge that faces people of colour in both first and third world countries. The Coyaba Chronicles is also the personal journey of Peter Abrahams. It is the odyssey of a young South African who worked for a time as a seaman in order to leave his homeland for wartime Britain and post-war France to become a writer; it is the story of his personal relationships with the Black literati of the day and his involvement in the pan-Africanist movement of the 1950s, which allows for his fascinating personal pen-portraits of men like W.E.B. Dubois, Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. It is how the journey takes him to the Caribbean island of Jamaica, where he and his wife, Daphne and their three children find sanctuary from racial divisiveness at 'Coyaba.' Finally, it is about the author's lifelong companionship with Daphne and how their multi-racial union reflects a symbolic 'one-bloodedness' mirroring Abrahams's own admirable sensibilities.
The Black Experience In The 20th Century
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-03-27
The Black Experience In The 20th Century written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-27 with Authors, Black categories.
A brave and powerful memoir by a well-known Third World writer (Mine Boy) on the problem of the color line in the twentieth century. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
C L R James S Notes On Dialectics
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Author : John H. McClendon
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2005
C L R James S Notes On Dialectics written by John H. McClendon and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John H. McClendon III's CLR James's Notes on Dialectics: Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism? is the first-ever book devoted exclusively to James's "magnum opus," Notes on Dialectics: Hegel-Marx-Lenin. The seed for this study was planted over thirty years ago when James handed the author his personal copy of Notes. James's contribution to dialectical philosophy and his vast intellectual and scholarly output is rivalled only by the seemingly bottomless depths of McClendon's own analysis and erudition. McClendon provides a thorough-going critique of James's exploration into the dialectic of Hegel, Marx, and Lenin while challenging all the seminal texts on James's Notes'. A book of this magnitude is rare. This is ever more the truth when it is focused on a giant like James who stands at the nexus of so many disciplines: philosophy, history, sociology, Caribbean studies, cultural studies, African, and African American studies. CLR James's Notes on Dialectics: Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism? is a must read for anyone concerned with how revolutionary theory is a guide to contemporary struggles.
The View From Coyaba
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher: London ; Boston : Faber and Faber
Release Date : 1985-01
The View From Coyaba written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by London ; Boston : Faber and Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01 with Fiction categories.
A Jamaican family, descended from escaped slaves, is involved in the histories of both Africa and Jamaica.
Foundational African Writers
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Author : Bhekizizwe Peterson
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2022-06
Foundational African Writers written by Bhekizizwe Peterson and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection explores the complexities of black existence, and intellectual and cultural life in the work and legacies of centenarian writers, Peter Abrahams, Noni Jabavu, Sibusiso Cyril Lincoln Nyembezi and Es’kia Mphahlele
Making The Revolution Global
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Author : Theo Williams
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2022-10-18
Making The Revolution Global written by Theo Williams and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-18 with Political Science categories.
Making the Revolution Global shows how black radicals transformed socialist politics in Britain in the years before decolonisation. African and Caribbean activist-intellectuals, such as Amy Ashwood Garvey, C.L.R. James, Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah and George Padmore, came to Britain during the 1930s and 1940s and intervened in debates about capitalism, imperialism, fascism and war. They consistently argued that any path towards international socialism must have colonial liberation at its heart. Although their ideas were met with opposition from many on the British Left, they convinced significant sections of the movement of the revolutionary potential of colonised peoples. By centring the entanglements between black radicals and the wider British socialist movement, Theo Williams casts new light on responses to the 1935 Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the 1945 Fifth Pan-African Congress, and a wealth of other events and phenomena. In doing so, he showcases a revolutionary tradition that, as illustrated by the global Black Lives Matter demonstrations of 2020, is still relevant today.
White Scholars African American Texts
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Author : Lisa A. Long
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2005
White Scholars African American Texts written by Lisa A. Long and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Funny, painful, and disturbing by turns, this absolutely necessary volume powerfully engages readers in passionate debates about the place of the non-African American teacher of African American literature."-Maureen Reddy, coeditor of Race in the College Classroom: Pedagogy and Politics What makes someone an authority? What makes one person's knowledge more credible than another's? In the ongoing debates over racial authenticity, some attest that we can know each other's experiences simply because we are all "human," while others assume a more skeptical stance, insisting that racial differences create unbridgeable gaps in knowledge. Bringing new perspectives to these perennial questions, the essays in this collection explore the many difficulties created by the fact that white scholars greatly outnumber black scholars in the study and teaching of African American literature. Contributors, including some of the most prominent theorists in the field as well as younger scholars, examine who is speaking, what is being spoken and what is not, and why framing African American literature in terms of an exclusive black/white racial divide is problematic and limiting. In highlighting the "whiteness" of some African Americanists, the collection does not imply that the teaching or understanding of black literature by white scholars is definitively impossible. Indeed such work is not only possible, but imperative. Instead, the essays aim to open a much needed public conversation about the real and pressing challenges that white scholars face in this type of work, as well as the implications of how these challenges are met.
Black South African Autobiography After Deleuze
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Author : Kgomotso M. Masemola
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-05-01
Black South African Autobiography After Deleuze written by Kgomotso M. Masemola and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Black South African Autobiography After Deleuze: Belonging and Becoming in Self-Testimony, Kgomotso Michael Masemola uses Gilles Deleuze’s theories of immanence and deterritorialization to explore South African autobiography as both the site and the limit of intertextual cultural memory. Detailing the intertextual turn that is commensurate with belonging to the African world and its diasporic reaches through the Black Atlantic, among others, this book covers autobiographies from Peter Abrahams to Es’kia Mphahlele, from Ellen Kuzwayo to Nelson Mandela. It proceeds further to reveal wider dimensions of angst and belonging that attend becoming through transcultural memory. Kgomotso Michael Masemola successfully marshalls Deleuzean theories in a sophisticated re-reading that makes clear the autobiographers’ epistemic access to wor(l)ds beyond South Africa.
The Columbia Guide To South African Literature In English Since 1945
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Author : Gareth Cornwell
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2010
The Columbia Guide To South African Literature In English Since 1945 written by Gareth Cornwell and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the outset, South Africa's history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 1948 until 1994, this division was formalized in the National Party's policy of apartheid. Because apartheid intruded on every aspect of private and public life, South African literature was preoccupied with the politics of race and social engineering. Since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990, South Africa has been a new nation-in-the-making, inspired by a nonracial idealism yet beset by poverty and violence. South African writers have responded in various ways to Njabulo Ndebele's call to "rediscover the ordinary." The result has been a kaleidoscope of texts in which evolving cultural forms and modes of identity are rearticulated and explored. An invaluable guide for general readers as well as scholars of African literary history, this comprehensive text celebrates the multiple traditions and exciting future of the South African voice. Although the South African Constitution of 1994 recognizes no fewer than eleven official languages, English has remained the country's literary lingua franca. This book offers a narrative overview of South African literary production in English from 1945 to the postapartheid present. An introduction identifies the most interesting and noteworthy writing from the period. Alphabetical entries provide accurate and objective information on genres and writers. An appendix lists essential authors published before 1945.
Publishing Africa In French
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Author : Ruth Bush
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2016-02-05
Publishing Africa In French written by Ruth Bush and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
An exploration of African literary production in France and its socio-economic implications.