Discover the enlightening journey through 'Black is the Journey, Africana the Name' by Maboula Soumahoro, a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the deep cultural and political connections across the Black Atlantic. This compelling book delves into the intertwined histories of Africa, Europe, and the Americas, scrutinizing how the legacies of slavery and colonialism shape modern identities and experiences. With 140 pages of critical analysis, Soumahoro challenges the myths of color-blindness in contemporary France, revealing systemic racism and urging a re-examination of Black visibility and narratives.

This brand new edition (ISBN: 9781509548330, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2021) weaves together personal stories with broader racial dynamics, bringing forth important reflections on the collective diasporic identity. Engage with profound questions about belonging and the complexities of identity formation among marginalized communities.

Explore vital themes of race, racism, Black identity, and the quest for freedom through movement across the Atlantic triangle. 'Africana' emerges as a powerful metaphor for liberation and connection amidst often overlooked histories. Perfect for scholars, activists, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of our shared pasts and futures.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509548330
Year: 2021
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 140


Description:


In this highly original book, Maboula Soumahoro explores the cultural and political vastness of the Black Atlantic, where Africa, Europe, and the Americas were tied together by the brutal realities of the slave trade and colonialism. Each of these spaces has its own way of reading the Black body and the Black experience, and its own modes of visibility, invisibility, silence, and amplification of Black life. By weaving together her personal history with that of France and its abiding myth of color-blindness, Maboula Soumahoro highlights the banality and persistence of structural racism in France today, and shows that freedom will be found in the journey and movement between the sites of the Atlantic triangle. Africana is the name of that freedom.


How can we build and reflect on a collective diasporic identity through a personal journey? What are the limits and possibilities of this endeavor, when the personal journey is that of oft-erased bodies and stories, de-humanized lives, and when Black populations in Africa, the Americas, and Europe identify and misidentify with each other, their sensibilities shaped by the particular locales in which their lives unfold?


This book makes an important intellectual contribution to contemporary public conversations and theoretical inquiry into race, racism, blackness, and identity today, as it probes and questions the academic methodologies that have functioned as structures of exclusion.