Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Highly recommended for academic libraries with collections supporting a wide range of programs."—ARLIS/NA Reviews
"Highly recommended."—CHOICE
"A substantive and impressive book focused on an important strand of South African political, social and visual culture, and its debt to Black Consciousness."—Canadian Journal of History
"Hill’s work successfully exemplifies an art history that broadens definitions, uncovers seemingly marginal material, and demonstrates the importance of pursing the process of history-making itself. Most importantly perhaps, Biko’s Ghost demonstrates the need for art histories that bring together complex, competing, and sometimes discordant narratives."—CAA Reviews
"An admirable work of study and cross-referencing."—Mail & Guardian
Table of ContentsContents
Abbreviations
Introduction: Let’s Talk about Consciousness
1. Shaping Modern Black Culture in the 1970s
2. Of Icons and Inquests: “Steve Biko, God Be with You, BPC”
3. Contemplating Death: Artists and Abjection
4. Creating a Culture of Resistance
5. Silencing the Censors: Black Consciousness between the Lines in the 1980s
6. Transitions and Truths in a New Democracy
7. Museum, Monument, Marking: Black Consciousness in the New Millennium
Epilogue: “After Such a Long Time His Life Is Still Dug Out”
Acknowledgments: I Write What I Must
Notes
Bibliography
Index
