The Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act

African Culture and Decolonization

M&aacuterio Pinto de Andrade, Lanie Millar (University of Oregon), Fabienne Moore

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English

Polity Press
28 October 2024

Colonialism & imperialism; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Cultural studies

Series: Critical South

Foreword by Lanie Millar

This book is a collection of essays and speeches by Mário Pinto de Andrade, the Angolan literary critic, cultural theorist and political activist and one of Africa’s most important 20th century intellectuals. His writings think through the task of intellectual emancipation of colonized people, which he saw as predicated on the necessary project of political decolonization. As anti-colonial movements got underway, Andrade wrote extensively about the urgent necessity for Africans to turn away from European cultural and political models, arguing that communities emerging from colonization should focus on voices from within the designated communities, on self-representation, and on horizontal relationships among Black, African, and decolonizing peoples. Andrade played a key role in theorizing the international reach of the revolutionary 20th century poetry and literature, Black cultural vindication, and African liberation. In his ethical commitment to moving away from focusing solely on the relationship between the colonial occupier and the colonized, he instead promoted ideas and actions that would construct mutual understanding among decolonizing communities. Andrade’s work offers models to rethink race and nation as analytic categories and is particularly relevant not only to scholars of African decolonization movements but to anyone engaged in contemporary conversations about race, belonging, and political community.

By: M&aacuterio Pinto de Andrade
Translated by: Fabienne Moore
Edited and translated by: Lanie Millar (University of Oregon)
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781509559350
ISBN 10: 1509559353
Series: Critical South
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 28 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928-1990) was an Angolan poet, theorist, critic, and politician who wrote widely about national independence for colonized peoples. Lanie Millar is Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Oregon.

Reviews for The Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act: African Culture and Decolonization

“Mário Pinto de Andrade was a major figure in the history of debates about colonialism and decolonization. This collection of his essays is of great value both for the fresh light it sheds on the evolution of anti-colonial movements away from negritude and for what this tells us about contemporary debates on identity.” Jean Khalfa, University of Cambridge