Think Black - Act Black: The Psychology of Self-reliance by Matimba Mkansi

ISBN: 9780620672597

Lesedi House, 2017

Soft cover,182 pages

There is an agenda in this world to keep individuals relying on things outside themselves. this is because, outside themselves is precisely where they have no control and that is where they are bound to fail. Self-reliance says rely upon yourself because from within you have full control and you can decide failure or success.

For a black person the need for self-reliance is an urgent one; we are a race recovering from slavery, colonialism and hee in South Africa, apartheid. We are regarded as the dark continent; even today we are still battling with access to proper education and economic opportunities. A black man is not needed everywhere in the world; he is being shot by police on a daily basis in the United States, banana peels are being thrown at him when he is engaging in sport in Europe, and here in his homeland, Africa, he is to say the least, a beggar. To develop a mentality of self-reliance as a black person, certain obstacles must be removed, certain beliefs must be challenged and certain habits must be eradicated. and that can be achieved by Thinning black, Acting black to develop Psychology of self reliance.