Selfless Revolutionaries: Biko Black Consciousness Black Theology and a Global Ethic of Solidarity and Resistance

At this historic moment of global revolutions for social justice inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement the philosophy of Black Consciousness has reemerged and gripped the imagination of a new generation and of the merciless exposure by COVD-19 of the devastating long-existent fault lines in our societies. Frantz Fanon James Baldwin and Steve Biko have been rediscovered and reclaimed. In this powerful book Black liberation theologian and activist Allan Boesak explores the deep connections between Black Consciousness Black theology and the struggles against racism domination and imperial brutality across the world today. In a careful meticulous and sometimes surprising rereading of Steve Bikos classic I Write What I Like Boesak reflects on the astounding relevance of Black Consciousness for the current academic debates on decolonization and coloniality Africanity and imperialism as well as for the struggles for freedom justice and human dignity in the streets. With passion forthrightness and inspiring eloquence Boesak brings his considerable political experience and deep theological insight to bear in his argument for a global ethic of solidarity and resistance in the ongoing struggles against empire. Beginning with Bikos Where do we go from here? progressing to Baldwins the fire next time and ending with Martin Luther King Jr.s There is no stopping short of victory this is a sobering hopeful and inspiring book.