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About the #BlackPantherSyllabus Best known for his research into television content and cultivation theory, George Gerbner (1972) said that “representation in the fictional world signifies social existence; absence means symbolic annihilation” (p. 44). Historically, the Black experience has been absent, underrepresented, or misrepresented. Intersections within the identity have suffered with additional pressures, promoting a continued…
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Feb 29, 1960 [To Time Magazine] There was a slight error, which I do not think you will mind my calling attention to. It concerns my African name. I would like to spell it correctly for you: Zenzile Makeba Qgwashu Nguvama Yiketheli Nxgowa Bantana Balomzi Xa Ufun Ubajabulisa Ubaphekeli, Mbiza Yotshwala Sithi Xa Saku Qgiba Ukutja Sithathe…
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The Help: I know I’m a day late and a dollar short in discussing The Help but I recently saw an interview/discussion between Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Tavis Smiley that made me order the book. I read it relatively quickly over a weekend. During my reading of it, a quote from Alice Walker…
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The other day doing some Googling on anti-colonial poetics, I came across this fantastic article by Aimé Césaire. It is very long so I’m only going to quote the beginning. Click the link below to read the whole thing. Discourse on Colonialism A civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a…
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The public library has become my new bookstore. Yesterday, I went book shopping there and got the following books: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter If you know me, then you know I am in no way, shape or form, a supporter of mainstream politics, let along presidents of the united states, former or…
Tichaona Chinyelu 