ABSTRACT
The ‘Bandung spirit of decolonization’ entails a re-reading of the longue durée of the African and black history of resistance, including the anti-enslavement revolts and ‘primary resistance’ movements of the nineteenth century, and, more importantly, connecting these with the paradigmatic Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) as its precursor, on the one hand, and with the current efforts of ‘dewesternization’ symbolized by such formations as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), on the other. While ‘dewesternization’ may not be synonymous with decolonization/decoloniality, mainly because it does not radically delink from capitalist logics, it still forms part of the struggle against Euro-North American hegemony. The chapter demonstrates the connection between African and black struggles for liberation and the solidarities that were created while documenting efforts at re-making a modern world order that is domination-free.
