Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Historians Value Closure: My Republic Interview

Reading Biko's response to Moses' interview
post reminds one of the false dichotomy some people often place between Faith and Science/Scholarship. Following Biko, it is important to acknowledge that racism, classism, sexism and the other isms that describe unequal value exchanges and social displacements are not only mutually reinforcing, they also express the superficiality of discourses that try to untangle them. One of such discourses currently making rounds among some Pentecostals in the US is that White Christians shouldn't be too quick to associate themselves with the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, presumably because the very expression 'Black Lives Matter' is historically unchristian, and therefore unscriptural. What better way to deflect shared responsibility in the fight against systemic racism and the denigration of blacks across the world than mobilise the force of denominational bias and ireligiosity as an excuse for indifference?
It was therefore very comforting and challenging to read Jarvin Williams' intervention in Christianity Today about the fact that Black Lives had always mattered, even in the Bible.

You may read Jarvin's article here: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/june-web-only/black-lives-matter-in-bible.html?utm_source=connection-html&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_term=30991090&utm_content=720193997&utm_campaign=email

It is high time we began to rethink the value of many of the bifurcated epistemologies or 'dividing lines' we've been used to about our social realities or risk propagating double false consciousness in the name of critical scholarship.

Kudos to Prof. Ochonu on his forthcoming book.

- 'Tobi Adewunmi
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria

Fellow, Centre for Qualitative and Multi-methods Research,
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, NY
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