Arming Black Consciousness - The Azanian Black Nationalist Tradition South Africa s Armed

Using oral and archival sources, Toivo Asheeke excavates the neglected history of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), a militant revolutionary nationalist wing of the anti-colonial struggle in South Africa. Asheeke highlights the BCM's engagement with guerrilla warfare, community feminism and Black Internationalism.

List of contents

Introduction: black consciousness, echoes of Haiti's revolution and the Azanian black nationalist tradition; 1. African decolonization, armed struggle and the black power movement, 1958-1973; 2. 'Our struggle calls for the involvement of the entire black community': building black consciousness, 1968-1973; 3. Forging an armed wing in exile, 1973-1976; 4. Azanian black nationalist guerrillas, 1976-1993; 5. 'Sharpening the spear': black consciousness in MK, 1972-1981; 6. Contributions, absorptions and repressions of black consciousness in MK, 1981-1994; Conclusion: assessing BCM, its armed struggle and the Azanian black nationalist tradition; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Toivo Tukongeni Paul Wilson Asheeke is Assistant Professor at Georgia State University. He is a scholar-activist whose research interests intersect the disciplines of Historical-Sociology, History and Africana Studies. He comes from a Black Internationalist background with parents who have fought for the freedom of peoples of African descent on both sides of the Atlantic. He is a committed grassroots activist and as a scholar-activist, has published widely on Black Consciousness and Black Power in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Southern African Studies and the Journal of African American History. His dissertation won the Dissertation of the Year Award 2019 at Binghamton University.

Product details

• Authors: Toivo Tukongeni Paul Wilson Asheeke, Toivo Tukongeni Paul Wilson (Georgia Stat Asheeke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009346719
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934671-9
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: African Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, Social discrimination & inequality, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), National liberation and independence, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism