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The black soul is (still) a white man's artefact? Postcoloniality, post-Fanonism and the tenacity of race(ism) in A. Igoni Barrett's Blackass.

This paper examines the complexity of postcolonial manifestations of race, alongside class, colonialism and nationality in Igoni Barrett's Blackass. I adopt a (post-)Fanonian approach in investigating how the novel depicts the psychopolitics of race in the aftermath of the empire. I analyse the ways...

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Published in:African Studies Vol. 79; no. 1; pp. 143 - 160
Main Author: Adebayo, Sakiru
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2020
Subjects:
White supremacy
White men
Soul
Racing
Imperialism
Nigeria
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