{"product_id":"the-revolution-will-be-a-poetic-act-african-culture-and-decolonization-paperback-softback-9781509559350","title":"The Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act; African Culture and Decolonization (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509559350","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAfrican Culture and Decolonization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eM\u0026amp;aacuterio Pinto de Andrade (Author), Lanie Millar (Edited and translated by), Lanie Millar (Edited by), Lanie Millar (Author), Fabienne Moore (Translated by), Fabienne Moore (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509559350, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Mário Pinto de Andrade was a major figure in the history of debates about colonialism and decolonization. This collection of his essays is of great value both for the fresh light it sheds on the evolution of anti-colonial movements away from negritude and for what this tells us about contemporary debates on identity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Khalfa, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Lanie Millar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a collection of essays and speeches by Mário Pinto de Andrade, the Angolan literary critic, cultural theorist and political activist and one of Africa’s most important 20th century intellectuals.  His writings think through the task of intellectual emancipation of colonized people, which he saw as predicated on the necessary project of political decolonization.  As anti-colonial movements got underway, Andrade wrote extensively about the urgent necessity for Africans to turn away from European cultural and political models, arguing that communities emerging from colonization should focus on voices from within the designated communities, on self-representation, and on horizontal relationships among Black, African, and decolonizing peoples.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAndrade played a key role in theorizing the international reach of the revolutionary 20th century poetry and literature, Black cultural vindication, and African liberation.  In his ethical commitment to moving away from focusing solely on the relationship between the colonial occupier and the colonized, he instead promoted ideas and actions that would construct mutual understanding among decolonizing communities.  Andrade’s work offers models to rethink race and nation as analytic categories and is particularly relevant not only to scholars of African decolonization movements but to anyone engaged in contemporary conversations about race, belonging, and political community.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eForeword – Lanie Millar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.   Black Poetry Expressed in Portuguese \u003cbr\u003e2.   What is Luso tropicalism? \u003cbr\u003e3.   Black-African Culture and Assimilation\u003cbr\u003e4.   Black Poets of Portuguese Expression \u003cbr\u003e5.   Culture and Armed Struggle\u003cbr\u003e6.   Reflections on the Cultural Congress of Havana  \u003cbr\u003e7.   African Poetry Expressed in Portuguese: Evolution and Current Trends \u003cbr\u003e8.   New Language in the Angolan Imaginary\u003cbr\u003e9.   Culture and National Liberation in Africa. \u003cbr\u003e10.  The Armed Song of the Angolan People \u003cbr\u003e11.  “Preface” to Thematic Anthology of African Poetry: Songs of Arms   \u003cbr\u003e12.  The Cultural Dimension in National Liberation Strategy: Identity, Cultural Power, and Democracy    \u003cbr\u003e13.  Theoretical Production of African Intellectuals: From the Discourse on Race to the Discourse on National Liberation\u003cbr\u003e14.  Mário Pinto de Andrade - An Interview\u003cbr\u003e15.  Interview with Henda Ducados and Annouchka de Andrade about their father\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460726550808,"sku":"9781509559350","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509559350.jpg?v=1785459378","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-revolution-will-be-a-poetic-act-african-culture-and-decolonization-paperback-softback-9781509559350","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}