Xenophobia in South Africa: revisiting Tutu's handwriting on the wall?

Critical Arts, July, 2009 by John L. Kunda

Alas to the leadership of South Africa, if today action they take not; in Babylon will they find themselves, oblivious to the sight of the rainbow!

References

BBC. 2004. Tutu warns of poverty 'powder keg'. BBC Online. London: BBC. Mbiti, J.S. 1990. African religions and philosophy. Portsmouth: N.H. Heinemann. Moemeka, A.A. 1998. Communalism as a fundamental dimension of culture. Journal of Communication 48:118-141.

Tempels, P. 1959. Bantu philosophy. Paris: Presence Africaine. Tomaselli, K.G. 1999. African Renaissance: Cultural studies in Africa 11. Critical Arts 13(2).

Notes

(1) The idea of the African Renaissance is critically engaged in Tomaselli, K.G. 1999. African Renaissance: Cultural Studies in Africa II. Critical Arts 13(2).

(2) This refers to a verse sung in dirges, but also means 'go well' in social interaction.

John Eudes Lengwe Kunda (Durban, South Africa), is a doctoral candidate in Culture, Communications and Media Studies (CCMS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. lengwe.kunda@gmail.com