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02732aam a2200397 i 4500 001 5BB5A1728B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161006010101 008 160208s2016 enkb b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015043205 020 $a 1472457501 020 $a 9781472457509 035 $a (OCoLC)937998020 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCF $d BTCTA $d BDX $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f------ 050 00 $a DT15 T74 2016 100 1 $a Tsri, Kwesi, $e author. 245 10 $a Africans are not black : $b the case for conceptual liberation / $c Kwesi Tsri. 264 1 $a London ; $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2016. 300 $a vii, 191 pages : $b map ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Interdisciplinary research series in ethnic, gender and class relations 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index. 520 $a "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. Mainstream discussions of the history of European racism have generally neglected the role of black and white colour symbolisms in sustaining the supposed superiority of those labelled white over those labelled black. This work redresses that neglect, by tracing the genesis of the conception of Africans as black in ancient Greece and its continued employment in early Christian writings, followed by an original, close analysis of how this use is replicated in three key representative texts: Shakespeare's Othello, the translation of the Bible into the African language Ewe, and a book by the influential Ghanaian religious leader, Mensa Otabil. It concludes by directly addressing the argument that 'black' can be turned into a positive concept, demonstrating the failure of this approach to deal with the real problems raised by imposing the term 'black' on its human referents."--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Africans $x Race identity. 650 0 $a Africans in literature. 650 0 $a Blacks in literature. 650 0 $a Black in literature. 650 0 $a Black race $x Color $z Africa. 650 0 $a Symbolism of colors in literature. 650 0 $a Racism. 830 0 $a Interdisciplinary research series in ethnic, gender, and class relations. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161103022122.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5BB5A1728B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search