1st Edition

Africans Are Not Black The case for conceptual liberation

By Kwesi Tsri Copyright 2016
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

Africans are not literally black, yet they are called black. Why? This book explores the genesis and evolution of the description of Africans as black, the consequences of this practice, and how it contributes to the denigration (blackening) and dehumanisation of Africans. It uses this analysis to advance a case for abandoning the use of the term ‘black’ to describe and categorise Africans.... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Ancient Literature

3. Christianity

4. Othello

5. The Ewe Bible

6. Beyond the Rivers of Ethiopia

7. Against the Category

8. Against revaluation

9. Conclusion

Biography

Kwesi Tsri is a teaching and research associate in the Equality Studies Centre, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at University College Dublin, Ireland. He holds a PhD in Equality Studies, MAs in Ethics and Morality and in Translation Studies, and BAs in Anthropology and Theology and in Philosophy. His research interests are anti-African racism, equality, ethics, identity, justice, morality and language.

'Kwesi Tsri's imaginative, meticulous and engaging argument has convinced me that "black" is a deeply problematic way of categorizing human beings. Tsri makes a compelling case, which neither those labelled "black" nor those labelled "white" can afford to ignore.'

John Baker, University College Dublin, Ireland.