South African Literary Cultural Nationalism--Abalobi Besizwe Emzansi--1918-45: Returning to the Source (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527503700)

This book is an intellectual history that uses AmÃ-lcar Cabralâ (TM)s theory of the â oereturn to the source, ⠝ to examine Sol Plaatjeâ (TM)s Mhudi, B.W. Vilakaziâ (TM)s poetry, and A.C. Jordanâ (TM)s The Wrath of the Ancestors within the broader context of African cultural nationalisms in the early twentieth century African Atlantic World. It shows the development of the idea of African equality with Whites in the face of prevailing ideas of White supremacy during Union-era South Africa. These authors were part of the New African Movement, which was one of eight literary movements among Africans and peoples of African descent in the Americas between 1915 and 1945, including the Harlem Renaissance, NÃ(c)gritude, Claridade in Cape Verde, and similar movements in Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, and Belize. The text presents new models for interpreting Union-era African literature, and recasts understanding of the nature of interactions between Africans and Europeans, including Western Syphilization, Chiral Interdiscursivity, and the relationship between history and memory informed by a neurobiological analysis of memory.

Author: Nicholas M. Creary
ISBN-10: 1527503704
ISBN-13: 9781527503700
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 12/04/2017
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover