Obama and liberal Afro-pessimism
| dc.contributor.author | Glenn, Ian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-07T10:40:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-11-07T10:40:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Glenn, I. (2017). Obama and liberal Afro-pessimism. Communitas, 22,1-15. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2415-0525 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1023-0556 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150525/Comm.v22.1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/7445 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Afro-pessimism | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Afro-optimism | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Western liberal orthodoxy | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Speech | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Barach Obama | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Donald Trump | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Rhetoric | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | African Union | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Rhetorical criticism | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Obama and liberal Afro-pessimism | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |