Ira Dworkin: 1 book
Congo Love Song
African American Culture and the Crisis of the Colonial State
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
In his 1903 hit "Congo Love Song," James Weldon Johnson recounts a sweet if seemingly generic romance between two young Africans. While the song's title may appear consistent with that narrative, it also invokes the site of King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal colonial regime at a time when African...
