BECOMING KWAME TURE - by AMANDLA THOMAS JOHNSON - Early Bird Sale
BECOMING KWAME TURE - by AMANDLA THOMAS JOHNSON - Early Bird Sale
Journalist Amandla Thomas Johnson masterfully follows the changing shape of Kwame Ture’s Pan-African politics in the years after he had left the US for Guinea and had, amongst other things, co-founded the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party alongside Kwame Nkrumah. In this 2nd edition published by DTA, we offer a re-set text including never before seen archive images. It is an essential read for all who are interested in knowing more about this under-explored period in Ture’s life and his contribution to the freedom of the oppressed.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL MAY 2024
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) was viewed by many during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s as the dashing and eloquent heir to Malcolm X. His call for Black Power and his fiery speeches led to his ascension as the foremost symbol of black militancy. But the threat posed to white America by the triumvirate of Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X would be suppressed as the decade declined to a close. Indeed, X and King would meet death at the escort of gunmen, in ‘65 and ‘68, respectively, and in ‘69, Carmichael would board a plane bound for Guinea, never to return on a permanent basis.
But Kwame Ture lived on for another 30 years and he was as politically active as he had been in the ‘60s. At the time of his death, Ture had become perhaps the foremost Pan-Africanist of his day. He co-founded (with Kwame Nkrumah) and led the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party, arguably the most significant Pan-African political party in its heyday, and he established himself as the leading black advocate for Palestinian rights. Why do we know so little about the last 30 years of his life?
Size: 135mm x 205mm
Pages: 60pp (self cover)
Printing: black and white
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-9946787-9-9
Published by Decolonising the Archive 2024