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A matter of consciousness – Introducing Zora Neale Hurston and Katie G. Cannon

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
This article involves a close reading of two African American authors, Zora Neale Hurston, an acclaimed novelist and Katie Cannon, an influential theological ethicist.
Hans S.A. Engdahl
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THE ERADICATION OF MENTAL SLAVERY THROUGH AFRICAN INTELLECTUALISM OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS

Journal of Social Political Sciences, 2023
The primary goal of this study was to analyse the eradication of mental enslavement and explore solutions to mental slavery according to the conceptualization of Black Consciousness through African intellectualism.
Ndazalama Mathebuala
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Protecting our environment: The need for South African youth with a mission and black consciousness

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
Christianity has contributed to environmental degradation. In terms of their role, the church youth are ipso facto part of such a contribution. However, an eco-theological diagnostic analysis cannot interpret the role of youth, especially black youth ...
Eugene Baron
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The Expanding of Consciousness, Integral Consciousness, and Conscious Evolution in Paule Marshall’s Fiction

Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2022
Paule Marshall’s literary concerns cover key issues of the Black Diaspora such as Black consciousness and the search for wholeness. These two issues connect with the research about the different manifestations of consciousness carried out by scientists ...
Silvia Castro Borrego
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Black Consciousness, Black Nationalism and Black Theology: Is there a possibility for theology of dialogue?

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
This article gives some historical development of Black Consciousness, Black Nationalism and Black Theology during the colonial and apartheid eras. The three worked symbiotically to address the racial injustices of the past.
Kelebogile T. Resane
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In search of our human face: Black consciousness, black spirituality, inclusive humanity and the politics of vulgarity

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
This contribution grapples with the question: Is there a relationship between Steve Biko’s ‘quest for a true humanity’ or, differently put, his search for South Africa’s ‘human face’ and Vuyani Vellem’s quest for an African spirituality?
Allan A. Boesak
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Black Women’s Hair Consciousness and the Politics of Being

Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 2022
Black women do not want to become white women because they know that this is impossible. Yet, some black women straighten and curl their naturally kinky hair, or wear hair extensions, weaves and wigs that resemble Caucasian hair.
Sarah Setlaelo
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A fool’s errand? Black Consciousness and the 1970s debate over the “Indian” in the Natal Indian Congress

Contree, 2021
Bantu Stephen Biko, born in Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape was murdered by the South African apartheid regime in September 1977, aged 31. The year 2021 marks the 75th anniversary of his birth.
Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed
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A Marxist interpretation of black attempts at political self-definition in South Africa

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1997
In this article I address the problem of political self-definition in South Africa. I attempt to trace and explain the rise of political consciousness among the black people of South Africa and indicate that the rise of political consciousness was ...
Pieter Coetzee
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‘Two Souls, Two Thoughts, and Two Unreconciled Strivings in One Body’: W.E.B. Du Bois’ Double Consciousness in the Lived Experiences of Black South Africans

The Thinker, 2023
American sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois introduces the phrase double consciousness in his work. According to Du Bois, this phrase describes a dilemma of two consciousnesses that Black Americans face due to what he calls ‘the veil of racism’.
Vhonani MS Petla
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