A ‘Black Hole’ in Your Consciousness Makes You See a Unique Version of Reality, Neuroscientists Say

Turns out we’re not all watching the same version of the world unfold, just continuously updating our own personal “simulation.” ...
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Strange fruit: How Billie Holiday’s performance of the anti-lynching song politicized Black consciousness

Billie Holiday’s recording of the anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit” has stirred and haunted generations of listeners. A new article from the Journal of African American History, titled “Professional ...
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Lethukukhanya Mzulwini is writing Black Consciousness into the future

In a literary space where young writers constantly try to prove they belong, Lethukukhanya Mzulwini is stepping forward with clarity and purpose. The Esikhawini-born writer is not interested in ...
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Biko's ghost : the iconography of Black Consciousness / Shannen L. Hill

Reviewed by Ciraj Rassool in African arts (Los Angeles) 49 (4) winter 2016, pages 94-95 (N1.A258 AFA). Reviewed by Andries Walter Oliphant in De arte (Pretoria) 51 (1) 2016, pages 124-126 (N8.A34 A78 ...
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Political opportunism and the Atomisation of black consciousness in South Africa

The mercurial political odyssey of Floyd Shivambu — from ANC Youth League firebrand to EFF co-founder, MK Party secretary-general, and now prospective party founder—represents a microcosm of the ...
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Black culture and Black consciousness : Afro-American folk thought from slavery to freedom / Lawrence W. Levine

The sacred world of black slaves -- The meaning of slave tales -- Freedom, culture, and religion -- The rise of secular song -- Black laughter -- A pantheon of heroes siris_sil_100326 ...
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Brazil marks Black Consciousness Day, a new holiday, for first time

Brazilians marked Black Consciousness Day, or the Dia da Consciência Negra, for the first time as a national public holiday Wednesday — formalizing a day long recognized among Brazilians as an ...