{"product_id":"riotous-deathscapes-paperback","title":"Riotous Deathscapes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHugo Ka Canham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRiotous Deathscapes\u003c\/i\u003e, Hugo ka Canham presents an understanding of life and death based on indigenous and black ways of knowing that he terms \u003ci\u003eMpondo theory\u003c\/i\u003e. Focusing on amaMpondo people from rural Mpondoland, in South Africa's Eastern Cape, Canham outlines the methodologies that have enabled the community's resilience and survival. He assembles historical events and a cast of ancestral and living characters, following the tenor of village life, to offer a portrait of how Mpondo people live and die in the face of centuries of abandonment, trauma, antiblackness, and death. Canham shows that Mpondo theory is grounded in and develops in relation to the natural world, where the river and hill are key sites of being and resistance. Central too, is the interface between ancestors and the living, in which life and death become a continuity and a boundlessness that white supremacy and neoliberalism cannot interdict. By charting a course of black life in Mpondoland, Canham tells a story of blackness on the African continent and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award Recipient\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugo ka Canham is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBlack Academic Voices: The South African Experience\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779004465440,"sku":"9781478019596","price":43.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/50c8ef25cd1d3db67b7cbf64a18551cc.webp?v=1780510133","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/riotous-deathscapes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}