Afro-Cypriots
Prejudice, Colourism, Racism, and Rising Black Consciousness in Cyprus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3648167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Umut Ozkaleli (0000-0001-8856-2283, ADA University, corresponding author), Serap Kanay (0000-0002-5694-572X, Freelance Artist-Social Commentator, Famagusta, Cyprus) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 180-195 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07256868.2022.2102596 |
| OpenAlex | W4287878013 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
This paper focuses on Afro-Cypriots, whose ancestors came to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus during the Ottoman period. The paper contributes to extant literature by exploring the impact of colonialism, racism, and slavery by questioning the ways Afro-Cypriots navigate their identities within the particular context of North Cyprus. By de-emphasizing the ethnic division of Turkish and Greek Cypriot identities, this paper focuses on the shifts from double consciousness to developing Afro-Cypriot consciousness. A rich methodology of oral history interview analyses from 20 Black Cypriots and a life-story narrative of a pioneering Black Cypriot expose the communal and familial microaggressions towards darker skin tones. We explore how colonial construction of ethnicity as a master status creates double consciousness for Black Cypriots. The paper concludes with a call against colour prejudice in Cyprus for a positive shift in Afro-Cypriot people's everyday experiences
Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Consciousness · Double consciousness · Ethnic group · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Racism · Sociology · Turkish · Anthropology · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society
As If Silent and Absent
Immortal Comics, Epidermal Politics
Navigating Interracial Borders
Cultural identity and diaspora
A Provincial History of the Ottoman Empire
Colorism and the Poetics of Resistance Among Black Youth
Embracing Afro hair, resisting colourism
The Invisibility Of Turks Of African Origin And The Construction Of Turkish Cultural Identity
Ethno-Religious Coexistence and Plurality in Cyprus under British Rule (1878—1960)
Home and Away’
Black Women and the Politics of Skin Color and Hair
Ethno‐nationalism, sovereignty and negotiating positions in the Cyprus conflict
Slavery in the Ottoman Empire and its Demise 1800–1909
Black Slaves and Free Blacks in Ottoman Cyprus, 1590-1640
Intergroup Conflict and British Colonial Policy
Religion, politics and ethnicity in Cyprus during the Turkocratia (1571-1878)
Standpoint theory, situated knowledge and the situated imagination
Foster-Daughter or Servant, Charity or Abuse
Colorism in the Classroom
Cyprus
A Global Look at Mixing
Exceptionalism with Non-Validation
Mixed Race Families in South Africa
Race Matters
An Unwanted Weed
Critical Mixed Race in Global Perspective
There is Nothing Wrong with Being a Mulatto
Claiming the (n)either/(n)or of 'third space
Get Over It'? Racialised Temporalities and Bodily Orientations in Time
Negotiating the (Non)Negotiable
Colourism and the Politics of Beauty
Sociology and the Theory of Double Consciousness
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |