Who Is an African?

Race, Identity, and Destiny in Post-apartheid South Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvRoderick R. Hewitt,Chammah J. Kaunda,UK) Kaunda, Chammah J. (Oxford Centre of Mission Studies

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The subject of race and identity is a burning issue which continues to occupy the attention not only of South Africans but also the wider residents of the continent of Africa and those who are Africans in the Diaspora. The outburst of xenophobic attacks against foreigners mostly of Black African origins in some communities of Kwa-Zulu Natal and areas of Johannesburg during 2008 and 2015 has raised questions about the social cohesion of South African society linked to unresolved structural identity issues bequeathed by the nation’s past colonial and apartheid legacy. This publication argues that there is an embedded schizophrenic identity crisis within the society that requires scholarly interrogation. The chapters assemble scholarly voices from different ethnic groups that examine the central research question of this study: Who is an African? Within the wider Southern African context, identity and ethnicity politics are framing nationalist economic policies and are impacting on social cohesion within many countries. Writing from different social and racial locations the authors have critically engaged with the central question and offer some important insights that can serve as a resource for all nations grappling with issues of race, ethnicity, identity constructed politics, and social cohesion.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-07-09
Mått154 x 217 x 25 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781978700567

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Roderick R. Hewitt is academic leader for research and higher degrees in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.Chammah J. Kaunda is Africa Research Fellow, Senior Research Specialist in Human Development Science of the Human Sciences Research Council (HDS-HSRC), and honorary lecturer in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Foreword: Marshall W. MurphreeForeword: Nobuhle HlongwaAcknowledgements ContributorsIntroduction: Who is an African?Roderick R. Hewitt Chammah J. KaundaPART I: RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND CULTURAL IDENTITYThe Changing Salience of Race: Discrimination and Diversity in South AfricaJeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town Cracking the Skull of Racism in South Africa Post-1994Vuyani S. Vellem, University of PretoriaBlack Solidarity Impaled: The Cause of AfrophobiaBernard Matolino, University of KwaZulu-Natal Race, Place and Indian Identities in Contemporary South Africa Goolam Vahed, University of KwaZulu-NatalAshwin Desai, University of Johannesburg Liberating Identifications: Being Black Conscious, Being Non-Racial, Being AfricanNico Botha, University of South AfricaUmuntu Akalahlwa: An Exploration of an African EthicsSibusiso Masondo, University of KwaZulu-NatalPART II: GENDER, SEXUALITY AND SOCIAL COHESION“I am Born of a People Who Would Not Tolerat

This important book serves as a pedagogical tool for students of religion, African studies, race relations and gender studies and is ground-breaking, not only in terms of the quality of the essays but also in the scope of the issues that it addresses. . . . It opens up new horizons in respect of what it means to be an African and is undoubtedly a "must-have" for every scholar of African thought, identity and philosophy as well as those engaged in interdisciplinary research on and in Africa.