Genre philosophy
Narrator Bonolo Malevu
Language english
Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is a seminal collection of essays by W.E.B. Du Bois, blending autobiography, history, sociology, and philosophy to explore the complexities of Black life in post-Reconstruction America. It is a profound meditation on race, identity, and the quest for freedom. Du Bois introduces the now-famous concept of “double consciousness”—the inner conflict experienced by African Americans who see themselves through the eyes of a society that devalues them. This "twoness"—being both Black and American—shapes the soul of Black folk, creating a struggle for self-definition in a racially hostile nation.