Southern manConsequently, texts used to justify slavery and to encourage pious acceptance of suffering and oppression do not appear with the same level of authority in the discourse of Africans in North America... The Bible in the hands of Africans differs from that held by Euro-Americans.--Steed Vernyl Davidson, Justin Ukpone, and Gosnell Yorke
better keep your head
Don't forget
what your good book said
Southern change
gonna come at last
Now your crosses
are burning fast
Southern man
I saw cotton
and I saw black
Tall white mansions
and little shacks.
Southern man
when will you
pay them back?
I heard screamin'
and bullwhips cracking
How long? How long?
Southern man
better keep your head
Don't forget
what your good book said
Southern change
gonna come at last
Now your crosses
are burning fast
Southern man
Lily Belle,
your hair is golden brown
I've seen your black man
comin' round
Swear by God
I'm gonna cut him down!
I heard screamin'
and bullwhips cracking
How long? How long?
--Neil Young
2 comments:
Gosnell was one of our Bible Society consultants here in Mozambique.
"The Bible in the hands of Africans differs from that held by Euro-Americans."
Yep. And that's hard to handle.
Nice post.
You're working with some good people it seems. Good work too! Thanks for making these connections, David.
-J.K. Gayle
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