Afrocentrism And World Politics

Author : Errol A. Henderson
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076001679450

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Afrocentrism and World Politics by Errol A. Henderson Pdf

This study presents a refined Afrocentric critique of world politics. Rejecting earlier wholesale condemnations of Eurocentrism, the author instead roots Afrocentrism in its capacity to offer itself as a worldview supportive of scientific paradigms suggesting social science theory. Arguing that African peoples—their history and humanity—are denigrated in many Eurocentric analyses, Henderson makes clear that Africans in particular, though not exclusively, must promote paradigms rooted in their own historical image and interests. The author offers kimira, an historical African-centered paradigm rooted in an analysis of cultural groups, as a distinct framework for explicating global political dynamics, and an appropriate starting point toward a new understanding of international affairs.

Author : Stephen Howe
Publisher : Verso
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999-08-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1859842283

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Afrocentrism by Stephen Howe Pdf

For centuries, racist, colonial, and Eurocentric bias has blocked or distorted knowledge of Africans, their histories and cultures, resulting in a counter mythology claiming the innate superiority of African-descended peoples. In this provocative study, historian Stephen Howe challenges this Afrocentric rewriting of African history. 16 photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher : Polity
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745641027

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An Afrocentric Manifesto by Molefi Kete Asante Pdf

Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. It strives to create new forms of discourse about Africa and the African Diaspora, impact on education through expanding curricula to be more inclusive, change the language of social institutions to reflect a more holistic universe, and revitalize conversations in Africa, Europe, and America, about an African renaissance based on commitment to fundamental ideas of agency, centeredness, and cultural location. In An Afrocentric Manifesto, Molefi Kete Asante examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society. Thus, this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricity, defends the necessity for African people to view themselves as agents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe, and proposes a more democratic framework for human relationships. An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet on Afrocentric theory. It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It will be essential reading for urban studies, philosophy, African and African American Studies, social work, sociology, political science, and communication.

Author : Tunde Adeleke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0889462208

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Critical Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Issues about Africa and Black America by Tunde Adeleke Pdf

Author : Lehasa Moloi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1839990821

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Developing Africa? by Lehasa Moloi Pdf

The book depicts an Afrocentric thinker grounded in the theory of Afrocentricity in the interrogation of an African development discourse in pursuit of cognitive justice.

Author : Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004438609

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The Painful Demise of Eurocentrism by Molefi Kete Asante Pdf

Asante challenges the basic arguments of the critics and reiterates the correctness of the Afrocentric vision for the African world."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Amos N. Wilson
Publisher : Afrikan World Infosystems
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015035310708

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The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness by Amos N. Wilson Pdf

"[Exposes] the role Eurocentric history-writing plays in rationalizing European oppression of Afrikan peoples and in the falsification of Afrikan consciousness ... [and contends] that the alleged mental and behavioral maladaptiveness of oppressed Afrikan peoples is a political-economic necessity for the maintenance of White domination and imperialism."--Back cover.

Author : Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111946534

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Afrocentricity by Molefi Kete Asante Pdf

The author has written this book entitled 'Afrocentricity' especially for those Africans still in a confused state in order to show them the way to peace. Further he indicates that the book has created its own supporters and detractors and has also been at the core of intense debates about the de-colonizing of the African mind, the dismantling of America, and the destabilizing of the Eurocentric hegemony. This book is not meant to be unread, un-remarked upon, or unheard. Afrocentrists have multiplied in the theaters, universities, unions, political organizations, schools, and corporations. The challenge to the white racial hierarchy has been intense and severe; there can be no hiding from the agency of awakened Africans. In the next few decades it is anticipated that a mighty revolution of values, symbols, and actions might bring about a more equitable society. This revolution for justice and liberty shall be led by the aroused black nation committed to a world of peace.

Author : Patricia Hill Collins
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781592130924

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From Black Power to Hip Hop by Patricia Hill Collins Pdf

In this, her grounbreaking book, Patricia Hill Collins examines the new forms of racism in American life and the political responses to them. Using the experiences of African American men and women as her touchstone, she covers a wide range of issues that connect questions of race to American identity. She follows the long arc of African American responses to racism in the US, from Black Nationalism, to Black feminism, to hip hop. Using this "genealogy," she then investigates how nationalism has operated and reemerged in the wake of contemporary globalization and the unexpected resurgence of nationalism. She then offers an interpretation of how Black nationalsim works today in the wake of changing Black youth identity and the continuing need to draw on nationalism and feminism to formulate both a response to racism and a concrete platform of political action.

Author : Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher : Critical Africana Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0739196715

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Facing South to Africa by Molefi Kete Asante Pdf

Renowned Critical Africana scholar and philosopher, Molefi Kete Asante demonstrates the multidimensionality of Afrocentricity as a paradigm of theoretical perspectives advancing the agency of African people. Examining orientations to culture, society, values, and communication, Asante's essays face South first, and then to the rest of the world.

Author : Abdul Karim Bangura
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Africa
ISBN : 1433183811

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African Isms by Abdul Karim Bangura Pdf

In this edited volume the contributors address the applicability of different African Isms to various issues, particularly current issues, on the continent of Africa. Each chapter provides a theoretical framework and topics or issues concerning African people of the continent.

Author : Mary Lefkowitz
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0465098371

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Not Out Of Africa by Mary Lefkowitz Pdf

Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the underlying tenets of our democratic civilizaiton to the Africans? Mary Lefkowitz explains why politically motivated histories of the ancient world are being written and shows how Afrocentrist claims blatantly contradict the historical evidence. Not Out of Africa is an important book that protects and argues for the necessity of historical truths and standards in cultural education.For this new paperback edition, Mary Lefkowitz has written an epilogue in which she responds to her critics and offers topics for further discussion. She has also added supplementary notes, a bibliography with suggestions for further reading, and a glossary of names.

Author : Babacar Camara
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 073911056X

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Marxist Theory, Black/African Specificities, and Racism by Babacar Camara Pdf

This book sheds a radical light on the issue of race, showing that social and racist discourses are ideological and political mystifications masking exploitation. It deals with substantive issues that have the potential to enhance our understanding how Marxist theory can be qu...

Author : Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745654980

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An Afrocentric Manifesto by Molefi Kete Asante Pdf

Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. It strives to create new forms of discourse about Africa and the African Diaspora, impact on education through expanding curricula to be more inclusive, change the language of social institutions to reflect a more holistic universe, and revitalize conversations in Africa, Europe, and America, about an African renaissance based on commitment to fundamental ideas of agency, centeredness, and cultural location. In An Afrocentric Manifesto, Molefi Kete Asante examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society. Thus, this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricity, defends the necessity for African people to view themselves as agents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe, and proposes a more democratic framework for human relationships. An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet on Afrocentric theory. It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It will be essential reading for urban studies, philosophy, African and African American Studies, social work, sociology, political science, and communication.

Author : Jerome Schiele,Jerome H Schiele
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781135409784

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Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm by Jerome Schiele,Jerome H Schiele Pdf

Discover how human services professionals can help to eliminate cultural oppression!Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm presents a new way of understanding human behavior, attacking social problems, and exploring social issues. This excellent guide shows that understanding the simultaneous forces of oppression and spiritual alienation in American society serves as a foundation for understanding the societal problems here. The first book to offer a comprehensive exposition of how the Afrocentric paradigm can be used by human service professionals and community advocates, Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm discusses why and how human service work is hampered by Eurocentric cultural values and will help you to offer fair and effective services to your clients. Human Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm provides you with a concrete discription of how the Afrocentric model can be applied in human services to help people of all races and ethnicities. You will expand and diversify your knowledge base in human services by understanding the cultural values, traditions, and experiences of people of African ancestry.Some of the issues and concepts in the Afrocentric paradigm that you will explore are: defining the Afrocentric worldview, complete with a discussion of its philosophical assumptions and its shortcomings understanding traditional helping assumptions and methods of West African societies and how these have influenced the helping strategies of African-Americans exploring the strengths and weaknesses of some early African-American human service scholars, with special concern placed on their rejection of traditional African methods in favor of Eurocentric ideas resolving youth violence and helping people with substance abuse problems examining Afrocentric assumptions about resource distribution, morality, and societal relationships identifying organizational and conceptual differences in Eurocentric and Afrocentric paradigms creating organizational empowerment and an enhanced work environment via the Afrocentric paradigmHuman Services and the Afrocentric Paradigm will help you understand, solve, and prevent problems that are confronted by several races, especially individuals of African descent. This timely and relevant worldview is thoroughly explained to assist you in better serving people of color. The Afrocentric paradigm will help human services practitioners, administrators, policy advocates, analysts, educators, and black studies professors and students achieve educational and treatment objectives by showing you the importance of various cultural values and how to integrate them to make a difference!