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Title:Africa, race, and culture in the narratives of W.E.B. Du Bois
Author:M'Baye, Babacar
Year:2004
Periodical:Philosophia Africana: Analysis of Philosophy and Issues in Africa and the Black Diaspora
Volume:7
Issue:2
Pages:33-46
Language:English
Geographic term:Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:political ideologies
pan-Africanism
biographies (form)
About person:William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963)ISNI
Abstract:Drawing from different theories of Black Atlantic studies, the author explores the relations between African Americans and Africans by analysing how they are reflected through the travel, fictional and autobiographical narratives of W.E.B. Du Bois. He notes the complex ways in which Du Bois used different concepts of race, culture and nationality as he attempted to theorize the cultural and ideological connections between African Americans and Africans. By focusing on works such as 'The souls of Black folk' (1903), 'Darkwater' (1920), 'Black folk then and now' (1939) and 'Dusk of dawn' (1940), as well as a number of Du Bois' articles in 'The Crisis' magazine, the author explores how Du Bois represented Africa in terms that suggest the postcolonial and modern dilemmas of the newly-independent African nations that he visited. He examines the dilemma that Du Bois encountered as he sought to understand the impact of imperialism and colonialism on the African nations where he travelled. Ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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