New African Intellectuals and New African Political Thought in the Twentieth Century

Book Cover

Contents

Foreword (Tunde Adeleke)

Acknowledgments

Part One. Theorising the Modernist Moment of New African Intellectuals: From Imvo Zabantsundu (1880s) to Drum Magazine (1950s) (Ntongela Masilela)

Pre-Xhosa Cultural Renaissance (1857–1871)

Xhosa Cultural Renaissance (1870–1897)

New African Renaissance (1905–1945)

Native Marxism and the Labour Movement (1921–1948)

Sophiatown Renaissance (1950–1960)

The Outstanding Figures in Photography

The Outstanding Figures in the Domain of Music

Part Two. African Intellectuals and the Development of African Political Thought in the Twentieth Century (Mbukeni Herbert Mnguni) - Introduction

The Pan-Africanism Movement

The Collapse of Pan-Africanism

The Négritude Movement

The National Liberation Movements

Nelson Mandela and Steve Bantu Biko: Two Great African Intellectuals

Conclusion

Bibliography

Part Three. African Languages: Obstacles to Internationalism or Additional Wealth for the World? (Jabulani S. Maphalala)

Index