Black Nationalism : The Search for an Identity

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Summary: An Excellent expose of the Black Muslim Movement
Review: In trying to understand the Nation of Islam as a Socio-Religious Movement I came across this book. I read it alongside other works like the Black Muslim authored by the recently deceased and foremost Black Religious scholar, Eric Lincoln. I found Prof.Essien-Udom's work very fascinating, scholarly and rich in scientific and ethnographic content. The work traced the origins of the Nation of Islam, one of the foremost, and albeit to say, most singularly forceful black organization in the United States. Though the present edition is a re-issued one, indicating no radical redaction by the author from what he wrote in the 1960s, the content of the book is very informative and greatly enriching in history and critical analysis. The author did not only recount the historical and sociological processes that occurred within the movement but he went further to provide critical analysis and interpretation of the movement, its practices and orientations. In this way, this book is very useful for anyone who wants to find out about the Nation of Islam from its origin until the 1960s. However, one particular intriguing aspect of the book is that it analytically raised in and indicated in a prophetic manner the orientation of the movement. These events has come to passed in the life of the movement. What a book!!! It is a work that is worth reading by anyone who is interested, not just in knowing about the Nation of Islam, but about the history and ingenuity of the Black diaspora, and their contribution to American national and international life and development. It is worth buying this book and looking at the content to see what the author is saying- or attempted to say long time ago but which remains critical for its heuristic value. Don't hesitate to read this text, it would be worth a good time spent on something exciting. You will agree with me that the book is in a class of its own. Thread the road of excitement and knowledge and you will never regret you did. Hasta luego, Bon appetite!!!!

Rating:
Summary: An Excellent expose of the Black Muslim Movement
Review: In trying to understand the Nation of Islam as a Socio-Religious Movement I came across this book. I read it alongside other works like the Black Muslim authored by the recently deceased and foremost Black Religious scholar, Eric Lincoln. I found Prof.Essien-Udom's work very fascinating, scholarly and rich in scientific and ethnographic content. The work traced the origins of the Nation of Islam, one of the foremost, and albeit to say, most singularly forceful black organization in the United States. Though the present edition is a re-issued one, indicating no radical redaction by the author from what he wrote in the 1960s, the content of the book is very informative and greatly enriching in history and critical analysis. The author did not only recount the historical and sociological processes that occurred within the movement but he went further to provide critical analysis and interpretation of the movement, its practices and orientations. In this way, this book is very useful for anyone who wants to find out about the Nation of Islam from its origin until the 1960s. However, one particular intriguing aspect of the book is that it analytically raised in and indicated in a prophetic manner the orientation of the movement. These events has come to passed in the life of the movement. What a book!!! It is a work that is worth reading by anyone who is interested, not just in knowing about the Nation of Islam, but about the history and ingenuity of the Black diaspora, and their contribution to American national and international life and development. It is worth buying this book and looking at the content to see what the author is saying- or attempted to say long time ago but which remains critical for its heuristic value. Don't hesitate to read this text, it would be worth a good time spent on something exciting. You will agree with me that the book is in a class of its own. Thread the road of excitement and knowledge and you will never regret you did. Hasta luego, Bon appetite!!!!