Uncommodified Blackness

"The long outrageous history of racist discrimination against Africans in the U.S., Canada, and South Africa, whether through slavery, Jim Crow, or apartheid, is a familiar story, if one that requires constant retelling. But the two other Anglo white settler states-Australia and New Zealand-have not been a part of this narrative. Now, in this important addition to the literature on comparative global racism, Mandisi Majavu provides a devastating picture of the everyday harassment faced in these societies by African refugees. It is a book we urgently need to add to our libraries." (Charles W. Mills, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center)

This book is a study of the lived experience of African men in Australia and New Zealand. The author employs a relational account of racism which foregrounds how the colonial shaped the contemporary, with the settler states of contemporary Australia and New Zealand having been moulded by their colonial histories. Uncommodified Blackness examines the changing racial conditions in Australia and New Zealand,  inspired by the view that as racial conditions change globally, prevailing racial modalities in these two countries must be reexamined and theory must be developed or revised as appropriate.

Students and scholars across a range of social science disciplines will find this book of interest, particularly those with an interest in refugees, immigration, race and masculinity.