A review by amslersf
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid by Frank B. Wilderson III

5.0

This book is amazing. I haven't read such a contemporary heart breaker- a political, personal memoir that shows the continued reality of DuBois and Fanon's analysis. You can easily find a summary elsewhere- but for locals, there is some good Berkeley history of the Black Panther Party and a bunch of middle school activists controlling the political tempo at Willard Middle School.

I read this while following the beauty, love, optimism and inclusive vision of the Black Lives Matter movement. Yet the continued police violence and the dismissal of black lives that is so woven into US history seems to just add truth and resonance to Wilderson's pain and pessimism.

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