"Messy Solidarities": Reflections on the Politics of the Present. Issue 1 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nasta, Susheila
• Is Part Of: South Asian review. Volume 43:Issue 1/2(2022)
• Page Start: 136
• Page End: 143
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: Activism -- anti-racism -- Wasafiri -- political blackness -- Black and Asian British histories -- resistance -- Black Lives Matter; Indic literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; India -- Civilization -- Periodicals; South Asia -- Civilization -- Periodicals; South Asia -- Languages -- Periodicals; South Asian literature -- Periodicals; South Asian literature; Language and languages; Civilization; Indic literature; Literature; South Asia; India; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 891.1
• DOI: 10.1080/02759527.2021.1954822
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-9527

Abstract

Abstract: This essay reflects on the history of anti-racist politics and activism in Britain following the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement in the US. Examining the history of the literary magazine Wasafiri, it offers insights into how the different nomenclatures for 'black' and 'Asian' emerged at different moments in time. It provides a series of autobiographical pathways into this material, arguing that we should not forget the past to move forward in the present.