And you see the same supposed Advocators of Africanism indulging or using euro-centric principles when it suits them..??
How are they doing that exactly, am quiet curious? On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:44 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cmrd Gugu > > Do you not think what the Lebo Mashile's and Thandiswa Mazwai's are doing > is vital in trying to regain the soul of our Africanness. By rejecting the > value system imposed on the African child by the constant bombardment of > American TV, must be of some value for the recapture of the African > humanness, don't you think? I understand that only happing only on the > hairstyles is a very simplistic approach to a complex problem,but then where > do we start? > > > With best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüssen /Ngeminqweno emihle/שָׁלוֹם > > Litha Thando Yono > Mechatronics Technician > MBSA Assembly Staff Commitee Representative > DaimlerChrysler South Africa > P.O Box 671 > East London > 5200 > Tel(W) 043-706 2970 > Fax(W)043 706 9308 > > AFRIKAN AFFIRMATIONS > “If the renaissance we are talking about Afrika-wide is really a > broad-sweeping “movement” and not one of the hoaxes high-flight politics > spin around the heads of the working class and the poor, we must open up > discussions all around, up and down to decode the revival – spell it out.” > Es’kia Mphahlele – 2001 > > > > > > *[email protected]* > Sent by: [email protected] > > 2010/09/30 10:36 AM > Please respond to > > [email protected] > > To > [email protected] > cc > Subject > Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Hair > > > > > So if pigmentation and texture of hair plays a role in identity, then does > it make u less African to have a weave or straight hair? > > This reminds me of an advert by Metro (commercial radio station) the advert > asked "What makes you black?" and then they showed an albino woman....Is she > less black by having blonde hair and a light (white) skin completion? > > There is a generation of young people in our society that also fall into > this narrow pit that Hair and beads make them look more African, whilst they > accents remain euro-centric and live comfortably in the suburbs of Sandton > and Rosebank. The identity of Africans should not be reduced to appearances, > notwithstanding that it is an integral part, but being African has more > weight and Identity than hair and pigmentation.... > > Somalians hair is more Indian than the supposed "African" type of hair- > what about Egyptians? > > I honestly think this is a narrow analysis of Black hair, unless the > analysis is based on her observation of SA......Africans are diverse on this > continent and texture of hair should really not be a concern.Is she > dismissing Coloureds as non-African or less African? > > Hope sounds like Lebo Mashile > > Regards > > Gugu > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Dominic.Tweedie <* > [email protected]* <[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > [image: Business Day] > > * > African-hair identity* > > > > *Hope Mankwana Papo, Letters, Business Day, Johannesburg, 30 September > 2010* > > Following a long, protracted struggle for freedom, in the era of the > African renaissance and transformation and retracing of our suppressed and > lost identity, why are some of the black African people dumping their > natural African hair and trying to look like Asian and white women through > long artificial hair and wigs? This is contrasted by a very small number, if > any, of Asian and white women who want to have their hair look like that of > black women. Some black people even sport long blonde hair. What really > motivates these hairstyles? > > What is the difference between these hairstyles and the mentality which > motivated the misguided and colonially inspired use of the abominable skin > lighteners in the ’70s and ’80s? Some people argue that they have a choice > and can afford to do all sorts of things with their African hair. Granted, > but I think this choice has to be exercised and informed by available > hairstyle options, which retain the essence of who we are as Africans and an > understanding of the terrible apartheid history of being called monkeys, > baboons, barbarians and not being good at anything. > > This choice has to be informed by the humiliating and racist practice of > the pencil test through the texture of the hair, to see if a person was a > black African or a coloured. > > Did we struggle for some African people to consciously and unconsciously > ridicule our rich African identity? > > Does freedom mean always having to conform to the practices of other > people? Should we accept silly arguments that people feel uncomfortable with > their African hair? Is mimicking some of the mannerisms of some of the > African-Americans, influenced by an inferiority complex, correct? > > We cannot talk big about being African when we cannot deal with basic > things which are within our control, such as our attitude to some of our > natural attributes like hair. > > It is a recorded historical fact that African people contributed immensely > to human civilisation. Does changing our hair to look like the natural hair > of Asian and white people enhance this history? > > While issues such as health, education, fighting crime and corruption, > rural development, creating decent work and poverty eradication are > important to continue addressing, we cannot do that outside the context of > understanding who we are and our background as Africans. > > As we part with the September Heritage month, we should ask whether we are > ashamed of our African identity. Being African is an important aspect of > building a nonracial SA. > > * > Hope Mankwana Papo > > Johannesburg* > > > *From: > **http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/Content.aspx?id=122366*<http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/Content.aspx?id=122366> > * > > * > > > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to > *[email protected]*<[email protected]>or > reply to this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at * > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum*<http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum>for > different delivery options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email *[email protected] > * <[email protected]>. You don't have to put > anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the > message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address > (repeat): > *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > . > > > > > -- > Gugu Ndima > +27 76 783 1516 > > -- > You are subscribed. 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