Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile & Apartheid
A sharp political memoir that moves between anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and life in the United States.
Work Information
It retells the history of Black politics between exile and return.
The author, an African American involved with the African National Congress, braids together the struggle in South Africa and his own coming-of-age in the United States. It is political record and self-formation at once.
Review Summaries
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Its blend of theory and personal narrative is praised for lingering long after the final page.
Book Information
- Publisher
- South End Pr
- Published
- 2008-08-01
- Pages
- 498 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.61 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780896087835
- ISBN-10
- 0896087832
- Price
- 12627 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/History/Africa/South Africa
In 1995, a South African journalist informed Frank Wilderson, one of only two American members of the African National Congress (ANC), that President Nelson Mandela considered him a "threat to national security." Wilderson was asked to comment. Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid is that "comment." It is also his response to a question posed five years later by a student in a California university classroom: "How come you came back?"
Frank B. Wilderson III teaches African American studies and drama at the University of California, Irvine. Frank B. Wilderson III is the author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid (South End Press) and Red, White, & Black: Cinema and the Structure of US Antagonisms (Duke University Press), and the director of Reparations...Now, a film in progress. A critically-acclaimed scholar and artist, Wilderson's writing has garnered numerous awards and honors, including the National Endowment for the Arts literature fellowship, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, the Judith Stronach Award for Poetry, the Loft-McKnight Award for Best Prose in the State of Minnesota, the Maya Angelou Award for Best Fiction Portraying the Black Experience in America, the Eisner Prize for Creative Achievement of the Highest Order, the Crothers Short Story Award, and the Jerome Foundation Artists and Writers Award. In 2008, Incognegro won the American Book Award. Wilderson teaches African American studies and drama at the University of California, Irvine.
Reviews
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Best Book I've Read in Years- Changed my Life
Some on the most unique commentary on the contemporary Black American experience, specifically the pain and frustration that comes with being Black in so called "post-racial" America. After the death of Mandela, his commentary on South Africa is especially timely in terms of balancing out the political commentary on this controversial figure. The smartest people I know swear by this book for good reason; it's completely unique and extremely insightful.
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A must read.
A revelation, important, moving and enlightening, human and inspiring. A must read.
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Five Stars
must read