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Can Iqaba Possess Ontological Legitimacy?
| Title: | Can Iqaba Possess Ontological Legitimacy? |
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| Authors: | Siseko H. Kumalo |
| Source: | Critical Philosophy of Race. 11:378-407 |
| Publisher Information: | The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Subject Terms: | 05 social sciences, 0507 social and economic geography, 16. Peace & justice |
| Description: | In this article I think through the recognition of the “ontological legitimacy” of iqaba—a concept that is found in South Africa, owing to the ontological split among Blackness/Indigeneity that was promulgated by colonial incursion. I do so using the question: “How will black people, long accustomed to dispossession and deprivation, adjust to a new condition of not being racial victims,” which was initially posed by Zoë Wicomb in the early 1990s. It is a question inspired by the end of apartheid and the looming promise of democracy. I juxtapose this question with a close reading of Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi’s “Intshayelelo: Imbali.” Simply, the thesis of this article holds that iqaba possesses ontological legitimacy, iff [sic] they take heed of the instructions outlined in Mqhayi’s propositions of the importance of historical self-knowledge. Moreover, ontological legitimacy and an inclusive national identity are two sides of the same coin of recognition. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2165-8692 2165-8684 |
| DOI: | 10.5325/critphilrace.11.2.0378 |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi...........dbac35bc8e2ce58543fed5a64e95b27e |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
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