Black Heretics, Black Prophets: Radical Political Intellectuals

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Routledge, 2015 M12 22 - 272 pages
First published in 2003. This pioneering new book surveys the political thought of a selection of influential black thinkers in provocative exploration of the black radical tradition as it has evolved in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States. Each chapter focuses on key figures or social movement including the slave Cugoano, the American anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, C.L.R. James, W.E.B Du Bois, former leader of the anti-colonial movement in Tanzania Julius Nyerere, Walter Rodney, the political philosophy of Rastafari, and the activist-musician Bob Marley. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of radical black thought and the development of an activist political tradition.

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Contents

Heresy Prophecy Praxis and the Black Radical Political Intellectual
1
The Heretics
23
The Prophets
151
Closing Chant
207
Notes
209
Select Bibliography
241
Index
255
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Anthony Bogues

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