Who Is an African?

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.