Postcolonial Concepts: Authenticity and Essentialism

Postcolonial Concepts: Authenticity and Essentialism
This video explains the claims to authenticity in postcolonial cultures and then argues that most such claims are essential. The video also contains a discussion of "Strategic essentialism" and its usage by Gayatri Spivak and a brief discussion of Chinweizu theorization of African authentic history.
Video on Chinweizu: https://youtu.be/e-EZL1scEno

Full transcript of this video: https://postcolonial.net/2021/05/authenticity-and-essentialism-video-and-transcript/

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