Reassessing Africana Womanism: continuity and change

The author provides a review and update of the 1993 publication Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves by Clenora Hudson-Weems. The conflicts between traditional feminism and what Hudson-Weems terms Africana womanism are examined in terms of their impact upon black women and their loyalty to family, community, and social change. The author contends that race and class are the superordinate issues for the Africana woman who grapples with family and community survival and growth. Feminism, on the other hand, presently appears more compatible with the interests of white, Western women.
Since Clenora Hudson-Weems broke new ground with her 1993 book Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves, discourse on the place and agenda of Africana women in the women's movement reflects the text's [...]