The Curious Case of “Coconut Kelz”: Satire as a Critique of Race-Thinking in South Africa

Nkoala, Sisanda

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“…Lesego has further used her understanding of the situation to write a book called Coconut Kelz's Guide to Surviving This Shithole (2019). An analysis of this book argues that her work demonstrates the existence of a problematic perspective in South African society that views white people as superior (Nkoala, 2021). In essence, Lesego has used her knowledge and experience of double consciousness to bring attention to existing issues of social injustice and racism in South Africa.…”

Section: Double Consciousness In South African Literature and Mediamentioning

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‘Two Souls, Two Thoughts, and Two Unreconciled Strivings in One Body’

Petla

2023

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American sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois introduces the phrase double consciousness in his work. According to Du Bois, this phrase describes a dilemma of two consciousnesses that Black Americans face due to what he calls ‘the veil of racism’. While the consciousness that Du Bois speaks of is in the context of Black Americans, this work attempts to answer whether colonisation and racism in South Africa did not also lead to a form of double consciousness to those who experienced it. This work does this by firstly exploring the institutionalised form of colonisation in South Africa known as apartheid. It shows how this system characterisedand made Black people seem as though they were lazy, stupid, and inferior, which in turn led to the second consciousness. This work further shows the experience of double consciousness by Black South Africans through hair and beauty politics. It shows that Black South Africans retaliate and assert their blackness through protest despite the double consciousness. Furthermore, this work usesSouth African literature to demonstrate how Black people in South Africa are knowledgeable of the consciousness, its effects, and how it operates.

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Section: Double Consciousness In South African Literature and Mediamentioning

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‘Two Souls, Two Thoughts, and Two Unreconciled Strivings in One Body’

Petla

2023

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The Curious Case of “Coconut Kelz”: Satire as a Critique of Race-Thinking in South Africa

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‘Two Souls, Two Thoughts, and Two Unreconciled Strivings in One Body’

‘Two Souls, Two Thoughts, and Two Unreconciled Strivings in One Body’

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