One of the most illuminating things in this handbook is the explication of Africana Womanism, named & defined by Clenora, which is a concept designed for all women of African descent. Actually, it includes all women and by extension, their male counterparts, as solidified in Teri McDuffey’s “Song of the Human Race”--all human life began in Africa: “Oh Say Can’t You See/Our roots are from the same big tree./That crosses land and sea/The one tree of humanity.” A powerful book, culminating in the union of a collective body, it reflects a phenomena, via the election of one who is himself the embodiment of that union, thus, symbolizing the new birth of harmony. We are sisters, mothers, family--the neighborhood in politics--leading to activism in the application of a “Universal Africana Womanism” for the ultimate development of the community, human soul & spirit. Zabby, WUSB.FM -- Stony Brook Radio (“A Woman’s Perspective in Politics”) and Public/Government. Access Television, New York Once again, Hudson-Weems, with her keen insight and wisdom, brings clarity to the discussion of the African American. Presently, her Africana Womanist analysis of Michelle Obama is a breath of fresh air, particularly in the current arena where the American media has struggled to understand and categorize the Black woman who would be First Lady. Her analysis of the gender politics that loomed large in the election of 2008 is required reading for one seeking an alternative to the dominant feminist perspective that is often divisive—and dismissive of the continuing role of race and racism in the American body politic. Bravo Clenora! Pamela D. Reed, PhD, Columnist, The Daily Voice and Aff irmative Action Register, and author of I am Barack Obama, in progress. Bullies beware: Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems is a fighter. Whatever your “ism,” she will knock you flat with wisdom, wit & a human-sense approach to life that demands fairness. As a seasoned social, cultural & political thinker, she’s wholly unafraid of any worthy fray or controversy as was Till for her. Yet there is another component to this intellectual warrior’s makeup, which runs though her writing as it does her life—the notion of the redemptive spirit. In Clenora’s view, the shelf-life on hatred has expired. It’s time to usher in a new era, built on the ideals of remorse, atonement, forgiveness & reconciliation. With redemption as our referee, grace returns, hope endures & life regains its promise--Things worth fighting for. Barry Morrow, Oscar Award-Winning Co-Writer of Rain Man, and Producer Clenora Hudson-Weems, PhD This book, advocating unity as a panacea for all societal ills, expounds on an authentic paradigm for all African Diaspora women, using Africana Womanism as a grid on which to erect their private and public personae. Done within the context of our cultural, historical matrix, the current controversial debates surround the historic presidential election. Beginning with a clear definition of the term, advocating the prioritization of race, class and gender as a workable strategy for ensuring total parity in a racist, classist and sexist world, the book ends with a collective struggle with men and women of all races, in a fashion which the Africana womanist has represented in her co-partnership with her male counterpart, a necessity for human survival of all people, since our destinies are, indeed, interconnected in a complex socio- political manner. Africana Womanism & Race & Gender in the Presidential Candidacy of Barack Obama is the story of authenticity, human survival, economic security and racial healing for all America. Culminating in a political edge on the subject, it logically and convincingly moves from the proper naming and defining of the Africana woman in Part One, including identifying the 18 descriptors for the true Africana woman and her co-partner, to commentaries in Part Two on the biggest obstacle for Black people- -racism. The book exposes how racism insidiously impacts upon personal and public relationships, such as the vicious assault on Black womanhood, misogyny, in the media by Don Imus. It continues with the race monster visibly “rearing its ugly head” in the current historical moment, as it unfolds in the ascendance of a Black man, Senator Barack Obama, to nominee for the Democratic Party for the President of the United States of America, surprisingly winning, to many, over Hillary Clinton, a white woman. Clearly the aspiration of the American people is the assurance of a better life for all, ensuring unity and financial security, no matter the race or gender of the selected head of state. Clenora Hudson-Weems, Professor of English (UMC), received the PhD (U. of Iowa), M.A. (Atlanta U.), B. A. (LeMoyne College) degrees, and a Certificate of French Studies (L’Université de Dijon, France). She is author of Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves (Bedford, 1993); Africana Womanist Literary Theory (Africa World Press, 2004); two books in her Emmett Till Trilogy-- Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement (Bedford, 1994; AuthorHouse, 2006); The Definitive Emmett Till: Passion and Battle of a Woman for Truth and Intellectual Justice (AuthorHouse, 2006); and editor of the third of the Till Trilogy--Plagiarism—Physical and Intellectual Lynchings: An Emmett Till Continuum (AuthorHouse, 2007). She is also co-author with Wilfred D. Samuels of Toni Morrison (Prentice-Hall, 1990), and editor of Contemporary Africana Theory, Thought and Action: A Guide to Africana Studies (Africa World Press, 2007). Forthcoming is her first novel, Soul Mates. She has completed a movie script, “Unearthing Emmett Till: Passion for Truth” (Barry Marrow, Oscar Award-Winning Co-Writer of Rain Man and Producer). Her current work is on the Plight of Black Farmers and Land Owners as an Emmett Till Continuum. She is also featured weekly discussing her blueprint for positive relationships, Emmett Till and World Unity on WBAI FM Radio---”Under the Learning Tree”--NYC Africana Womanism and Barack Obama
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One of the most illuminating things in this handbook is the explication of Africana
Womanism, named & defined by Clenora, which is a concept designed for all women of
African descent. Actually, it includes all women and by extension, their male counterparts, as
solidified in Teri McDuffey’s “Song of the Human Race”--all human life began in Africa: “Oh
Say Can’t You See/Our roots are from the same big tree./That crosses land and sea/The one
tree of humanity.” A powerful book, culminating in the union of a collective body, it reflects
a phenomena, via the election of one who is himself the embodiment of that union, thus,
symbolizing the new birth of harmony. We are sisters, mothers, family--the neighborhood
in politics--leading to activism in the application of a “Universal Africana Womanism” for
the ultimate development of the community, human soul & spirit.
Zabby, WUSB.FM -- Stony Brook Radio (“A Woman’s Perspective in Politics”) and
Public/Government. Access Television, New York
Once again, Hudson-Weems, with her keen insight and wisdom, brings clarity to the discussion
of the African American. Presently, her Africana Womanist analysis of Michelle Obama is a
breath of fresh air, particularly in the current arena where the American media has struggled
to understand and categorize the Black woman who would be First Lady. Her analysis of
the gender politics that loomed large in the election of 2008 is required reading for one seeking
an alternative to the dominant feminist perspective that is often divisive—and dismissive of the
continuing role of race and racism in the American body politic. Bravo Clenora!
Pamela D. Reed, PhD, Columnist, The Daily Voice and Affirmative Action Register,
and author of I am Barack Obama, in progress.
Bullies beware: Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems is a fighter. Whatever your “ism,” she will
knock you flat with wisdom, wit & a human-sense approach to life that demands fairness.
As a seasoned social, cultural & political thinker, she’s wholly unafraid of any worthy fray or
controversy as was Till for her. Yet there is another component to this intellectual warrior’s
makeup, which runs though her writing as it does her life—the notion of the redemptive spirit.
In Clenora’s view, the shelf-life on hatred has expired. It’s time to usher in a new era, built
on the ideals of remorse, atonement, forgiveness & reconciliation. With redemption as our
referee, grace returns, hope endures & life regains its promise--Things worth fighting for.
Barry Morrow, Oscar Award-Winning Co-Writer of Rain Man, and Producer
Clenora Hudson-Weem
s, PhD
This book, advocating unity as a panacea for all societal ills, expounds on an authentic paradigm for all African Diaspora women, using Africana Womanism as a grid on which to erect their private and public personae. Done within the context of our cultural, historical matrix, the current controversial debates surround the historic presidential election. Beginning with a clear definition of the term, advocating the prioritization of race, class and gender as a workable strategy for ensuring total parity in a racist, classist and sexist world, the book ends with a collective struggle with men and women of all races, in a fashion which the Africana womanist has represented in her co-partnership with her male counterpart, a necessity for human survival of all people, since our destinies are, indeed, interconnected in a complex socio-political manner.
Africana Womanism & Race & Gender in the Presidential Candidacy of Barack Obama is the story of authenticity, human survival, economic security and racial healing for all America. Culminating in a political edge on the subject, it logically and convincingly moves from the proper naming and defining of the Africana woman in Part One, including identifying the 18 descriptors for the true Africana woman and her co-partner, to commentaries in Part Two on the biggest obstacle for Black people--racism. The book exposes how racism insidiously impacts upon personal and public relationships, such as the vicious assault on Black womanhood, misogyny, in the media by Don Imus. It continues with the race monster visibly “rearing its ugly head” in the current historical moment, as it unfolds in the ascendance of a Black man, Senator Barack Obama, to nominee for the Democratic Party for the President of the United States of America, surprisingly winning, to many, over Hillary Clinton, a white woman. Clearly the aspiration of the American people is the assurance of a better life for all, ensuring unity and financial security, no matter the race or gender of the selected head of state.
Clenora Hudson-Weems, Professor of English (UMC), received the PhD (U. of Iowa), M.A. (Atlanta U.), B. A. (LeMoyne College) degrees, and a Certificate of French Studies (L’Université de Dijon, France). She is author of Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves (Bedford, 1993); Africana Womanist Literary Theory (Africa World Press, 2004); two books in her Emmett Till Trilogy-- Emmett Till: The Sacrif icial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement (Bedford, 1994; AuthorHouse, 2006); The Definitive Emmett Till: Passion and Battle of a Woman for Truth and Intellectual Justice (AuthorHouse, 2006); and editor of the third of the Till Trilogy--Plagiarism—Physical and Intellectual Lynchings: An Emmett Till Continuum (AuthorHouse, 2007). She is also co-author with Wilfred D. Samuels of Toni Morrison (Prentice-Hall, 1990), and editor of Contemporary Africana Theory, Thought and Action: A Guide to Africana Studies (Africa World Press, 2007). Forthcoming is her first novel, Soul Mates. She has completed a movie script, “Unearthing Emmett Till: Passion for Truth” (Barry Marrow, Oscar Award-Winning Co-Writer of Rain Man and Producer). Her current work is on the Plight of Black Farmers and Land Owners as an Emmett Till Continuum. She is also featured weekly discussing her blueprint for positive relationships, Emmett Till and World Unity on WBAI FM Radio---”Under the Learning Tree”--NYC
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