KHENSANI MKHOMBO | Youth-driven woke culture redefines social landscape: The nationwide euphoria that engulfed SA after the relatively peaceful transition to democracy in 1994 soon gave way to the grim realisation that the attainment of political freedom…
The continued deprivation of the majority of the population under the new dispensation, coupled with the prevalence of social injustices, albeit subliminal, have laid the solid foundations for the emergence of the woke culture.
Long held beliefs and cultural practices have become a topic of discussion on these platforms and their relevance of some aspects of African culture in the modern era has been questioned, to the chagrin of the older generation. In the face of cultural appropriation, the woke movement, which is generally driven by influential black media personalities, leading artists and a growing class of black academics, is reviving the philosophy of Black Consciousness and making it applicable to the socio-economic challenges facing SA today.
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