1st Edition

The Movement Resonated Deep in My Soul New Perspectives on the Global Anti-Apartheid Liberation Movement

Edited By Martin L. Boston, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard Copyright 2027
190 Pages
by Routledge

This book delves into the past and present of South African liberation movements, exploring how they intertwine movement theory and practice rooted in diaspora experiences, cultural production, anti-apartheid activism, and transnational solidarity. Authored by individuals deeply connected to the liberation struggle, many contributors have been mentored by anti-apartheid activists and exiles,... Read more

Dedication

 

Introduction: The spiritual journey to becoming a history-keeper of South African liberation movements

Martin L. Boston and Tiffany Willoughby-Herard

 

1. Dar es Salaam on the Frontline: Red and Black Internationalisms

Yousuf Al-Bulushi

 

2. Dawn Breaks: the anti-colonial legacy of the ANC Women’s Section radio segment

Martin L. Boston

 

3. Black Consciousness women’s organizing intimacies and the coldness of European anti-apartheid solidarity

Amanda Joyce Hall

 

4. A journey of a Black Woman’s Archivist: Phyllis Ntantala, Margaret Walker and Queen Mother Moore’s quest for a Pan-African Liberation

Tiffany Caesar

 

5. And their voices were everywhere: Myesha Jenkins and the Pan-African feminist performance strategies of liberation

Natalia Molebatsi

 

6. The home of Afro-American music: Los Angeles and the creation of Hugh Masekela’s anticolonial sound

Mychal Matsemela-Ali Odom

 

7. Fugitive infrastructure in the fight against South African apartheid

Sophie Toupin

 

8. A vision of coexistence-centred African culture: when the synagogue becomes a court

Abebe Zegeye

 

9. Political education in a food pantry: child perspectives on the liturgy and agape of Rev. Mangedwa Nyathi in Detroit (USA)

Tiffany Willoughby-Herard

 

10. Who will tell the news?

Elizabeth Peters Robinson

 

Biography

Martin L. Boston was an American academic and author, who served as the Director of Pan African Studies and Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, Sacramento. He also held the position of Editor-in-Chief of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal with Taylor & Francis Group. 

Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, an American academic and author, is Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine and Professor Extraordinarius in the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair at the University of South Africa.