We must invent a humane world in which to live and die with dignity. This entails both an economics and a consciousness of black freedom
Posts tagged as “Black Consciousness”
The politics of compromise and concessions preserve, rather than rupture, the master-slave dialectic
The froth over a shampoo advert allows us to consider that we are not the victims we have always been made to believe we are
Reading Biko: Philosophy, Identity and Liberation by Professor Mabogo Percy More; I am left to wonder of the man (Bantu Stephen “Steve” Biko) who should…
There is, increasingly, a common message that is emerging about South Africa 21 years since the formal end of apartheid — things are getting bad.…
After two days following the postings generated by Thorne Godhino’s article, “With friends like these, does black consciousness need enemies?”, I feel I must now…
Mcebo Dlamini is a complex man. He’s the former SRC president at Wits. He spent his days claiming to be a Sisulu grandchild, spinning tall…
By Lucille Dawkshas I’m the only white teacher in an all-black township school. Teaching the philosophy of Steve Biko has been quite interesting, given the…
I tried to play devil’s advocate in a conversation where Mamphela Ramphele’s affair with Steve Biko came into question. I was stunned that in a…
There has not been a time in the history of racial identity in this country when the number of people who describe or define themselves…