Incognegro

a memoir of exile and apartheid

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Frank B. Wilderson III: Incognegro (2008, South End Press)

English language

Published June 6, 2008 by South End Press.

ISBN:
978-0-89608-783-5
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OCLC Number:
226314513

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“Wilderson [will] become a major American writer. Mark my word.”—Ishmael Reed

In 1995, a South African journalist informed Frank B. Wilderson, one of only two American members of the African National Congress (ANC), that President Nelson Mandela considered him “a threat to national security.” Wilderson was asked to comment. Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid is that “comment.” It is also his response to a question posed five years later by a student in a California university classroom: “How come you came back?”

Although Wilderson recollects his turbulent life as an expatriate in South Africa during the furious last gasps of apartheid, Incognegro is at heart a quintessentially American story. During South Africa’s transition, Wilderson taught at universities in Johannesburg and Soweto by day. By night, he helped the ANC coordinate clandestine propaganda, launch psychological warfare, and more. In his mesmerizing political memoir, Wilderson’s lyrical prose flows from his …

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Subjects

  • Wilderson, Frank B
  • African National Congress -- Biography
  • African Americans -- Biography
  • African Americans -- Race identity
  • Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • African Americans -- South Africa -- Biography
  • Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa -- History
  • United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980
  • United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
  • South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-

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