Obama and liberal Afro-pessimism
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Date
2017
Authors
Glenn, Ian
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Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State
Abstract
This article disputes academic accounts of Afro-pessimism, which see it as a product of ideological or discursive bias in the viewer, or as a crude generalisation across very different countries and cultures by examining the context for and major themes of Afro-pessimism after 1994. In particular, it shows that modern Afro-pessimism is largely a product of liberal concerns and liberal media. It demonstrates the salience of these themes by showing how they permeate and influence former US President Barack Obama’s African outlook by a close reference to his speech to the Ghanaian parliament in 2009 and suggests that they may provide the context for the views of current US President Donald Trump.
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Afro-pessimism, Afro-optimism, Western liberal orthodoxy, Speech, Barach Obama, Donald Trump, Rhetoric, African Union, Rhetorical criticism
Citation
Glenn, I. (2017). Obama and liberal Afro-pessimism. Communitas, 22,1-15.