Atlantic history is truly rooted in not only the cultural constructs built during the Atlantic slave trade. This era in history runs concurrently with the construction of the British Empire. In many ways the concept of blackness was born from the identities constructed in the modern era. The following interview from KPFA's Against the Grain is required listening for any of us living in the multicultural postmodern era.
Arguably W.E.B DuBois and Paul Robeson are not only the fathers of Afropolitanism but truly the founders of black culture. By saying this I am also Including South Asians as black people. During the modern Era south Asians and Caribbean blacks were invited to their post colonial motherland, England, to work, more on this later..
Please listen to the following show to gain a concrete understanding of how black identity was forged in the modern era....
Tues 8.16.11| Du Bois & Robeson | Against the Grain: A Program about Politics, Society and Ideas
or
listen here (pop out player)
Arguably W.E.B DuBois and Paul Robeson are not only the fathers of Afropolitanism but truly the founders of black culture. By saying this I am also Including South Asians as black people. During the modern Era south Asians and Caribbean blacks were invited to their post colonial motherland, England, to work, more on this later..
Paul Robeson W.E.B. Dubois
Please listen to the following show to gain a concrete understanding of how black identity was forged in the modern era....
Tues 8.16.11| Du Bois & Robeson | Against the Grain: A Program about Politics, Society and Ideas
or
listen here (pop out player)
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