The Coyaba Chronicles | Peter Abrahams

Subtitle: Reflections on the Black Experience in the Twentieth Century

Author: Peter Abrahams 

Publisher: David Philip (2000)

ISBN-10: 086486356X

ISBN-13: 9780864863560

Condition: Very Good. Light wear to cover edges and corners. 

Binding: Softcover

Pages: 409

Dimensions: 21.5 x 14 x 2.2 cm

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by Peter Abrahams

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The Coyaba Chronicles: Reflections on the Black Experience in the Twentieth Century is both personal memoir and a powerful meditation on what W.E.B. Dubois defined at the beginning of the century as "the problem of the colour line; of the relations between the lighter and darker races of man". Using Dubois as a point of departure, Abrahams writes passionately, about the inherent 'wrongness' of racial hatred and contemplates such timeless questions as: "Why was colour the most crucial issue of our century?" and "When will we get over the deep psychic and emotional damage done by the racial experience?".