W. E. B. Du Bois, Ethiopianism, and Black Internationalism - Ras Wayne A. Rose

W. E. B. Du Bois, Ethiopianism, and Black Internationalism

A New Interpretation of the Global Color Line
Buch | Hardcover
180 Seiten
2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-6001-5 (ISBN)
89,95 inkl. MwSt
This book uncovers W.E.B. Du Bois’s affinity for Ethiopia, identifies ways he served the cause of Ethiopia, and in recovering these intellectual and political links to the African continent provides a novel framing of his Black Internationalism and Pan-Africanism.
Scholarship on Black internationalism has experienced a revival. Whilst this scholarship has increasingly turned towards examining Du Bois’s thoughts on the “color line” in a global rather than national context, none do so by centering his Ethiopian-centered perspective. This book provides an examination of Du Bois’s efforts to link African Americans, Afro-Caribbean, and the Pan African project to Ethiopia as a response to the emerging question of Black historical identity.

For Du Bois, Ethiopia, Ethiopian history, and its monarchial leadership were essential to resolving the global problem of the “color line”. He believed that Africans in the Diaspora, especially in the United States, and Africans across Ethiopia should build reciprocal relations with Ethiopia for the benefit of the Black Race and their mutual development. Du Bois also made multiple attempts to engage and establish relations with Ethiopia and worked through official and unofficial channels to develop those relations.

By revisiting and reevaluating Du Bois’s engagement strategies with Ethiopia, the book suggests ways in which his evolving Pan-Africanism might be understood differently to how it has been deployed in scholarship on Black internationalism. The book provides new perspectives on Du Bois’s famous invocation of the global “color line” by uncovering his conceptual and practical reasons for specifically connecting Ethiopia to African Americans and the issues of global social and economic justice.

Ras Dr. Wayne Rose is a co-convener of the School of Sacrament Ras Tafari University (SOSACRU), and a former Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concerns. He currently works as a Lecturer at Morgan State University and a Graduate Adjunct professor of History at Jackson State University. He lectures on American History, African Diaspora History, and Afro-Caribbean spirituality. His previous teaching institutions include the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Conceptualizing and Historicizing Du Bois’s Early Life, Pan Africanism, and its Ethiopian Locality

Chapter 3. Situating Ethiopia as the Locality for Du Boisian Pan African Service: The Black Internationalist Locale

Chapter 4. Your Majesty’s Obedient Servant: 1930 to 1934

Chapter 5. Pursuing and Maintaining the Black Internationalist Agenda amidst the Drumbeats of War

Chapter 6. Emperor Haile Selassie I on the Shores of America, 1954

Chapter 7. The Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix. W. E. B. Du Bois Correspondence

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 236 mm
Gewicht 481 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-5381-6001-3 / 1538160013
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-6001-5 / 9781538160015
Zustand Neuware
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