If I may... This question: "I understand that only harping only on the hairstyles is a very simplistic approach to a complex problem,but then where do we start?" is a good one.
I have been doing the "African Revolutionary Writers Series" on the *Communist University* <http://domza.blogspot.com/> for more than four weeks now. The whole thing is a contribution, intentional or otherwise, to "Heritage Month". Among others, it includes Amilcar Cabral's "*National Liberation and Culture <http://domza.blogspot.com/2010/09/amilcar-cabral.html>*". Now, do you really think that one can wipe all of that away and start all over again from a discussion of hair styles? I submarine... VC On 30 September 2010 13:48, Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. This footer can help you. >> Please POST your comments to [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]. >> 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] . >> >> >> If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that >> you have received this e-mail in error, and delete it. We thank you for your >> cooperation. >> >> -- >> You are subscribed. This footer can help you. >> Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to >> this message. >> You can visit the group WEB SITE at >> http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery >> options, pages, files and membership. >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [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] . >> >> > > > -- > Gugu Ndima > +27 76 783 1516 > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [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] . > -- Blog at: http://domza.blogspot.com/ Communist University web site at: http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ Subscribe for free e-mail updates at: http://groups.google.com/group/Communist-University/ Library of documents (CU "CD") at: http://cu.domza.net/ [email protected] -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [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] .
<<image/gif>>
