Title: The militant black writer in Africa and the United States
First published: 1969
Description: Here, two distinguished and articulate black intellectuals view the Black Revolution in terms of the black writer. Cook traces the development of black African consciousness through the works of representative black African writers, from the nineteenth century to the present. In exploring basic themes--independence, civilization, identity, African personality, and African socialism--he draws interesting parallels and notes some telling dissimilarities in the American and African movements. Henderson, choosing the phrase "survival motion" as rubric, examines the intricate interrelationship among black writers, the Black Revolution, and Black Consciousness in America--and their effects upon (and influencing by) established, white, middle-class cultural values. The responsibility of the black writer, he suggessts, is to free his people from racist mythology and stimulate their emergent self-respect into an instrumentality of wisdom. Together, these remarkable essays form some profound connections for all who seek a greater understanding, not only of the American Black Revolution, but of the larger, international Black movement which forms an illuminating context for the American experience.
Subjects: Blacks, Intellectual life, History and criticism, African Americans in literature, Blacks in literature, African literature, Race identity, American literature, African Americans, African American authors, Black authors, Afro-Americans in literature, Black race, Afro-American authors, Afro-Americans, Engagement, Literatur, Schrijvers, Militanz, Negers, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, African literature, history and criticism, African americans, intellectual life, Blacks, race identity, Black people, Black people in literature
Places: Africa
LC classification: PS153.N5 C65