{"product_id":"9781509559350","title":"The Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act African Culture and Decolonization","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCritical South\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAfrican Culture and Decolonization\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eM\u0026amp;aacuterio Pinto de Andrade | Lanie Millar | Fabienne Moore\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Colonialism \u0026amp; Post-Colonialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eMário Pinto de Andrade\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-1990) was an Angolan poet, theorist, critic, and politician who wrote widely about national independence for colonized peoples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanie Millar\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Oregon.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 September 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509559350\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e244\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379119255692,"sku":"9781509559350","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509559350.jpg?v=1780203605","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509559350","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}