Canham, Hugo Ka
Riotous Deathscapes
- ISBN 13:
- 9781478019596
- author:
- Canham, Hugo Ka
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Professional & Vocational
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Riotous Deathscapes by Hugo ka Canham presents an alternative understanding of life and death, rooted in indigenous and black ways of knowing. Drawing on the experiences of amaMpondo people from rural Mpondoland, South Africa's Eastern Cape, Canham explores the methodologies that have enabled their resilience and survival. By examining historical events and ancestral characters, Canham offers a portrait of how Mpondo people live and die in the face of centuries of abandonment, trauma, and death. The natural world plays a central role in this narrative, with the river and hill serving as key sites of being and resistance. The interface between ancestors and the living is also crucial, blurring the boundaries between life and death. This book tells a story of blackness on the African continent and beyond, one that challenges dominant narratives and offers a new perspective on the complexities of human experience.
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