Melancholia Africana: The Indispensable Overcoming of the Black Condition

by Nathalie Etoké

Book Overview

Melancholia Africana argues that in the African and Afro-diasporic context, melancholy is rooted in collective experiences such as slavery, colonization, and the post-colony. From these experiences a theme of loss resonates--loss of land, of freedom, of language, of culture, of self, and of ideals born from independence. Nathalie Etoke demonstrates that, beyond territorial expropriation and the pain inflicted upon the body and the soul, the violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786613018
• ISBN13: 9781786613011
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary