Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9

Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9

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The Western colonial system not only colonised African human beings, it also colonised nature, with particular reference to Africa’s wildlife. The colonial system disrupted the harmony that existed between human beings and nature by colonising both, thereby causing a divide between human beings a...

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Main Author: Hulisani Ramantswana
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: OTSSA 2015-12-01
Series:Old Testament Essays
Subjects:
Nature
colonisation
freedom
decolonial reading
Isaiah
Online Access:http://panafricajournal.com/33x/index.php/journal/article/view/36
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spelling doaj-d7195976341140078102af1bce5ac0292021-06-08T10:05:50ZafrOTSSAOld Testament Essays1010-99192312-36212015-12-01283Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9Hulisani Ramantswana0UNISA The Western colonial system not only colonised African human beings, it also colonised nature, with particular reference to Africa’s wildlife. The colonial system disrupted the harmony that existed between human beings and nature by colonising both, thereby causing a divide between human beings and nature. On the basis of Isa 11:6-9, the argument in this paper is that human liberty is intertwined with the liberty of nature. The African human is not free as long as Africa’s wildlife remains colonised. Therefore, decolonisation remains incomplete as long the colonial matrix of power that divides African humans from nature persists. http://panafricajournal.com/33x/index.php/journal/article/view/36Naturecolonisationfreedomdecolonial readingIsaiah
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Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9
Old Testament Essays
Nature
colonisation
freedom
decolonial reading
Isaiah
author_facet Hulisani Ramantswana
author_sort Hulisani Ramantswana
title Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9
title_short Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9
title_full Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9
title_fullStr Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9
title_full_unstemmed Not Free While Nature Remains Colonised: A Decolonial Reading of Isaiah 11:6-9
title_sort not free while nature remains colonised: a decolonial reading of isaiah 11:6-9
publisher OTSSA
series Old Testament Essays
issn 1010-9919
2312-3621
publishDate 2015-12-01
description The Western colonial system not only colonised African human beings, it also colonised nature, with particular reference to Africa’s wildlife. The colonial system disrupted the harmony that existed between human beings and nature by colonising both, thereby causing a divide between human beings and nature. On the basis of Isa 11:6-9, the argument in this paper is that human liberty is intertwined with the liberty of nature. The African human is not free as long as Africa’s wildlife remains colonised. Therefore, decolonisation remains incomplete as long the colonial matrix of power that divides African humans from nature persists.
topic Nature
colonisation
freedom
decolonial reading
Isaiah
url http://panafricajournal.com/33x/index.php/journal/article/view/36
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