Reconstructing black identity: The Black Panther, Frantz Fanon and Achilles Mbembe in conversation

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

Jaco Beyers¹ 

[1] Department of Biblical and Religious Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria;

关键词: black identity;    culture;    race;    religion;    mbembe;    fanon;    black panther;    postcolonialism;   

DOI  :  10.4102/hts.v75i4.5469

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

It is dehumanising to identify people in terms of colour. Stereotyping and discrimination come with racial identification. Black identity has been expressed in different forms over the centuries. For a long period black identity was a constructed identity assigned to black people through a white-dominated matrix. After the end of slavery, efforts were made to reconstruct black identity. This developed into two divergent lines: one resulting in an illusionary identity as identified by Frantz Fanon and a second line of thought of a continued search for a true authentic black identity as explicated by the Cameroon-born philosopher Achilles Mbembe. This process of creating a new authentic black identity is still ongoing and viewed by some as a pessimistic futile attempt. An example of the ongoing attempt for establishing an authentic black identity is illustrated by the movie Black Panther, which attempts to portray a different side of being black.

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