AFRICANA WOMANISM AFF TOWSON KO
Women are central in Arab Springs. They stimulated the movement and it’s disturbing to know that their sweat, pain, struggle and power are going uncompensated. It is oppressing to know that there are no references to equality in the Egyptian constitution passed down.
Xan Rice, The Guardian, April 22, 2011, ―Women have emerged as key players in the Arab spring‖ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/22/women-arab-spring?CMP=twt_gu
Egyptian people must be the saviors of their own people cries. Outside influences have a history of taking advantage of the weak, exploiting them and corrupting them.
David Africa, principal associate at research and training consultancy Africa-Analysis.org, February 18, 2011, ―Stealing Egypt's revolution: The people on the streets of Cairo got rid of their old enemy, Hosni Mubarak. Now they should be wary of new friends.‖ http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201121710152468629.html
European culture uses its aggressive influences effectively to assimilate others to where they embody domination.
Ani, marimba 1994, Yurugu: an african centered critique of european cultural though and behavior. Trenton, NJ, african world press pg 8-9
Democracy is only part of the call by the Arab spring. Justice and equality are critical demands.
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former United Nations under-secretary general for peacekeeping operations, is professor of professional practice at the Saltzman Institute of Columbia University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, April 21, 2011, New York Times, ―The Arab Spring Is 2011, Not 1989‖ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/opinion/22iht-edguehenno22.html?_r=1#
We must abandon the misleading concept that the United States is qualified to inform anyone on what is or what is not democracy. They are a walking contradiction to the system and have a legacy to prove it.
Perreira, 2011 Gerald, A Defining Moment for Africa: North Atlantic Terrorists Will Be Defeated in Libya, July 20, 2011, Black Agenda Report
We must establish our own racial and cultural esteem. Feminism is incompetent for women of color, It is impossible for it provide liberation.
Clenora Hudson-Weems, 1993, Africana Womanism: Reclaiming ourselves; pg 35
Women of African descent have distinctive backgrounds and conditions which calls for a particular matrix that is essential for their existence. One that exhibits a co-existence with men.
Clenora Hudson-Weems, Ph.D. Professor of English, University of Missouri-Columbia 2004, Africana Womanist Literary Theory pg 1
Africana Womanism possesses six concepts (Identity, family centered, community, spirituality, and respect for elders) that are comprised of several characteristics. They are used to adjust to adversities of living in a condescending environment. It provides the significance of autonomy and resourcefulness.
Stephens et al, Ph.D. 1996, African American Studies/Urban History & Popular Culture. Temple Unv. 2002Ronald J. Maureen Keaveny, Venetria K. Patton, "Come Colour My Rainbow": Themes of Africana Womanism in the Poetic Vision of AudreyKathryn Bullett, pg 8
