{"id":26959,"title":"Richard Wright, \"The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference\"","dimensions":"14.5 x 21.5 x 2.2 cm","date_begin":"1956-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Monoculture Non-Aligned Movement Bandung","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Wright,\u003cem\u003e The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference\u003c/em\u003e, 1956\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by The World Publishing Company\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":17,"permalink":"richard-wright-the-color-curtain-a-report-on-the-bandung-conference","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/061/110/medium_500/Image000115.jpg?1598539383","cached_actor_names":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/061/110/large/Image000115.jpg?1598539383","poster_credits":"scan: (c) M HKA, Published by The World Publishing Company","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn April 18-24, 1955, leaders from twenty-nine Asian and African countries, most of which were newly independent, gathered in Bandung, Indonesia, for the first large-scale Asian\u0026ndash;African Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference. The key organisers of the meeting included Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The participants of the conference aimed to promote Afro-Asian solidarity against any form of colonialism and neo-colonialism, as well as to foster economic and cultural cooperation in the regions. The book by African-American writer Richard Wright (1908-1960) is a first-hand account of the conference. \u003cem\u003eThe Color Curtain \u003c/em\u003econtains five chapters: \u0026#39;Bandung: Beyond Left and Right\u0026#39;, \u0026#39;Race and Religion at Bandung\u0026#39;, \u0026#39;Communism at Bandung\u0026#39;, \u0026#39;Racial Shame at Bandung\u0026#39;, and \u0026#39;The Western World at Bandung\u0026#39;. The focus on two particular issues \u0026ndash; \u0026lsquo;race\u0026rsquo; and \u0026lsquo;religion\u0026rsquo; \u0026ndash; runs through the book. In the second chapter Wright states: \u0026quot;As I sat listening, I began to sense a deep and organic relation here in Bandung between race and religion, two of the most powerful and irrational forces in human nature\u0026quot;. Other chapters tackle the complicated relationships between the communist atheism of some participating countries and strong dedication to Islam of others, and the feeling of inferiority experienced by some black participants. He also notes the presence of Western influence on the event, although he describes it as rather limited. Meanwhile, Wright\u0026rsquo;s travel expenses to Indonesia were, it seems, covered by the Congress for Cultural Freedom. The main press organs of the CCF published Wright\u0026rsquo;s reports in \u003cem\u003eEncounter\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePreuve \u003c/em\u003eand some other magazines, before they were published as part of this book.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eOp 18 en 24 april 1955 kwamen leiders uit negenentwintig Aziatische en Afrikaanse landen, waarvan de meeste pas onafhankelijk waren, samen in de Indonesische stad Bandung voor de eerste grootschalige Aziatisch-Afrikaanse conferentie, ook bekend als de Conferentie van Bandung. De belangrijkste organisatoren van de bijeenkomst waren Indonesi\u0026euml;, India, Pakistan, Birma en Ceylon. De deelnemers aan de conferentie wilden de Afro-Aziatische solidariteit tegen elke vorm van kolonialisme en neokolonialisme promoten en de economische en culturele samenwerking in de regio\u0026#39;s bevorderen. Het boek van de afro-Amerikaanse schrijver Richard Wright (1908-1960) is een verslag uit de eerste hand van de conferentie.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe\u0026nbsp;Color\u0026nbsp;Curtain\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;bevat vijf hoofdstukken: \u0026#39;Bandung: Beyond\u0026nbsp;Left\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Right\u0026#39;, \u0026#39;Race\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Religion\u0026nbsp;at Bandung\u0026#39;, \u0026#39;Communism\u0026nbsp;at Bandung\u0026#39;, \u0026#39;Racial\u0026nbsp;Shame\u0026nbsp;at Bandung\u0026#39; en \u0026#39;The Western World at Bandung\u0026#39;. De focus ligt op twee specifieke kwesties, \u0026#39;ras\u0026#39; en \u0026#39;religie\u0026#39;: zij vormen een rode draad doorheen het boek. In het tweede hoofdstuk stelt Wright: \u0026ldquo;Terwijl ik zat te luisteren, begon ik hier in Bandung een diepe en organische relatie te voelen tussen ras en religie, twee van de krachtigste en meest irrationele krachten in de menselijke natuur.\u0026rdquo; Andere hoofdstukken behandelen de gecompliceerde relaties tussen het communistische athe\u0026iuml;sme van sommige deelnemende landen en de sterke toewijding aan de islam van andere, en het minderwaardigheidsgevoel van sommige zwarte deelnemers. Hij merkt ook op dat er een zekere westerse invloed is op het evenement, maar beschrijft het als vrij beperkt. Naar\u0026nbsp;verluid\u0026nbsp; werden\u0026nbsp;de reiskosten van Wright naar Indonesi\u0026euml; gedekt door het CCF (Congress\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;Cultural\u0026nbsp;Freedom). De belangrijkste persorganen van het CCF publiceerden de verslagen van Wright in\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eEncounter\u003c/em\u003e,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003ePreuve\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;en enkele andere tijdschriften, voordat ze in dit boek werden gepubliceerd.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[]}