Black Consciousness in Dialogue in South Africa
Steve Biko, Richard Turner and the 'Durban moment', 1970-1974
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2308263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Macqueen (0000-0001-9154-4625, University of the Witwatersrand) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 511-525 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021909613493609 |
| OpenAlex | W2169522468 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article examines a progressive moment under apartheid referred to retrospectively as 'the Durban moment' by activists. By exploring the friendship of assassinated activists Stephen Bantu Biko and Richard Turner, the paper calls for a nuanced assessment of the rich context of the emergence of Black Consciousness under apartheid, and shows how the rigid racial and ethnic categories imposed by the state could be challenged by creative and resourceful intellectuals. The paper draws on interviews, writings produced at the time, court transcripts and the secondary literature to argue that Black Consciousness was intimately linked on many levels to this progressive 'moment' in South Africa under apartheid, which has resonances for activists still today
Archaeology · Bantu languages · Consciousness · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Friendship · Social science · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy
Expanding Public Political Philosophy
‘Stockhausenesque’
Resisting Neocolonial Chains
The Insurrectionist Moment
A case of ‘strategic ethnicity’? The Natal Indian Congress in the 1970s
Class versus Nation
A dialectical literary canon
Performance and Power in Social Movements
From Classroom to Class Struggle
May '68 and Its Afterlives
White Man’s Justice
Living Fanon
Conversations with Bourdieu
Black Power in South Africa
The Moment of Western Marxism in South Africa
Biko, Black Consciousness, and ‘the System’ eZinyoka
From Protest to Challenge
Retrieving Biko
An Experiment in Confrontation
Re-Reading Rick Turner in the New South Africa
Strength in Numbers
South Africa's Resistance Press
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |