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The Afrocentric Idea
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The Book of African Names by Molefi Kete Asante Book Description The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from
Imhotep to Akhenaten by Molefi Kete Asante Book Description 100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia by Molefi Kete Asante Book Description Pioneering African American Studies scholar Molefi Kete Asante
has used five criteria in selecting the 100 greatest African Americans: the
person's significance in the general progress of African Americans toward full
equality in the American social and political system; self-sacrifice and a
willingness to take great risks for the collective good; unusual will and
determination in the face of grave danger and against the most stubborn odds; a
consistent posture toward raising the social, cultural, and economic status of
African Americans; and personal achievement that reveals the best qualities of
the African American people. In adopting these criteria, Professor Asante has
sought to transcend the usual standards of popular culture, which often elevates
the most well-liked, the wealthiest, or the most photogenic to the cult of
celebrity.
The individuals in this book--examples of lasting greatness as
opposed to the ephemeral glare of celebrity--come from four centuries of African
American history.
Each entry includes brief biographical information, relevant
dates, an assessment of the individual's place in African American history with
particular reference to a historical timeline, and a discussion of his or her
unique impact on American society.
Culture and Customs of Egypt by Molefi Kete Asante (Author) Book Description
African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity by Molefi K. Asante (Editor), Kariamu
Welsh Asante (Editor) Book Description
Classical Africa by Molefi Kete Asante Customer Review
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Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge by Molefi K. Asante Publisher's Note
African American History: A Journey of Liberation by Molefi Kete Asante Customer Review Thunder and Silence: The Mass Media in Africa by Dhyana Ziegler, Molefi Kete Asante
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The Painful Demise of Eurocentrism: An Afrocentric Response
to Critics by Molefi K. Asante Dr. Asante combines cultural studies, linguistics,
historiography, Kemetology, and Africology in this brilliant response to the
critics of Afrocentricity. He demonstrates that the principal problem with the
critics of Afrocentrics is their disbelief in the agency of Africans--that is
the ability of Africans to create society, community, culture and civilization.
Asante challenges the basic arguments of the critics and reiterates the
correctness of the Afrocentric vision for the African world.
In a successful balance of polemics and analysis, the author
engages Stephen Howe, Mary Lefkowitz, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and others, with wit
and intelligence. The book is useful for readers interested in the general
studies of ancient Africa as well as the continuing discourse around the
Afrocentric idea.
Discussed in this cross-disciplinary work is the theory of "Afrocentricity,"
which mandates that Africans be viewed as subjects rather than objects and is
driven by the question Is it in the best interest of African people? This book
looks at how this philosophy, ethos, and worldview gives Africans a better
understanding of how to interpret issues affecting their communities. History,
psychology, sociology, literature, economics, and education are explored,
including discussions on Washingtonianism, Garveyism, Du Bois, Malcolm X, race
and identity, Marxism, and breakthrough strategies. by Molefi Kete Asante Book Description Within this remarkably wide-ranging volume are such sources as
prayers and praise songs from ancient Kemet and Ethiopia along with African
American spirituals; political commentary from C.L.R. James, Malcolm X, Mary
McLeod Bethune, and Joseph Nyerere; stirring calls for social justice from David
Walker, Abdias Nacimento, Franz Fanon, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring
newly translated texts and documents published for the first time, the volume
also includes an African chronology, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography.
With this landmark book, Asante and Abarry offer a major contribution to the
ongoing debates on defining the African canon.
This new edition of The Afrocentric Idea boldly confronts
the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's
philosophical, social, and cultural theory. By rendering a critique of some
postmodern positions as well as the old structured Eurocentric orientations
discussed in the first edition, this new edition contains lively engagements
with views expressed by Mary Lefkowitz, Paul Gilroy, and Cornel West. Expanding
on his core ideas, Asante has cast The Afrocentric Idea in the tradition of
provocative critiques of the established social order. This is a fresh and
dynamic location of culture within the context of social change.
Debating the development of civilization in Egypt and
Greece, this collection of essays explores European misconceptions of African
history. Featuring contributions from some of the top scholars in African
American studies, this book analyzes the inconsistencies erupting from academic
and Eurocentric reports on ancient culture. For example, if the pyramids were
built in 2800 B.C. and Greek civilization began around 700 B.C., how could the
Greeks have contributed or taught Africans math and science? And if the Greeks
built pyramids in Egypt, why did they not build a few in Greece? These questions
and more are raised in this informative collection.
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The growing usage of African names in the United States
makes this book appealing for those who want to understand the meaning, proper
usage and significance of African names. Asante provides the historical
rationale and the proper translations and usage of African names from the four
corners of the continent.
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Traditional Eurocentric thought assumes that Greece was the
origin of civilization. This book dispels this and other myths by showing that
there is a body of knowledge that preceded Greek philosophy. The author
documents how the great pyramids were built in 2800 B.C., 2,100 years before
Greek civilization. The popular myth of Hippocrates being the father of medicine
is dispelled by the fact that Hippocrates studied the works of Imhotep, the true
father of medicine, and mentioned his name in his Hippocratic oath. Eleven
famous African scholars who preceded Greek philosophers are profiled: Ptahhotep,
Kagemni, Duauf, Amenhotep, Amenemope, Imhotep, Amenemhat, Merikare, Sehotepibre,
Khunanup, and Akhenaten. These scholars' ideas on a variety of topics are
discussed, including the emergence of science and reason, the moral order, books
and education, and the clash of classes.
Price: $34.30 - Hardcover - Prometheus Books; (March 2003)
Since 1619, when Africans first came
ashore in the swampy Chesapeake region of Virginia, there have been many
individuals whose achievements and strength of character in the face of
monumental hardships have called attention to the genius of the African American
people. 100 GREATEST AFRICAN AMERICANS attempts to distill from many wonderful
possibilities the 100 most outstanding examples of African American greatness.
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Modern Egypt blends African history and geography with Arab
culture and religion. With its position at the crossroads of Africa, its status
as a major Islamic nation, and continuing interest in its ancient monuments,
Egypt makes for fascinating study. This volume provides an accessible,
up-to-date overview of a society that greatly evolved, yet retains traces of
attitudes and behaviors from the days of the Pharaohs.
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Africa, according to the contributors to this anthology, is
"one cultural river with numerous tributaries articulated by their specific
responses to history and the environment." They concentrate on the
similarities in behavior, perceptions, and technologies of African culture that
tie those tributaries together. The fourteen original essays by leading scholars
of African studies are organized in four general divisions which consider the
ethno-cultural motif, the artistic tradition, concepts of cultural value, and
cultural continua.
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Molefi Asante has done it again with this book. This book is a good introduction
to Africa. He gives the main points of each area. He gives questions to make you
think about what you've read. The pictures and the maps area absolutely
beautiful. This is a book that you should have in your library. If you don't
then it's your loss!
Malcolm X As Cultural Hero and Other Afrocentric Essays
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In twenty brilliant and
illuminating chapters, Molefi Kete Asante explores major intellectual themes
confronting African people. Engaging a wide range of issues, such as gender,
African hunger, slavery in Mauritania, lack of historical consciousness, the
contest over ancient Egypt, and Malcolm X as cultural hero, he sustains one
overarching argument: Africans own deference to no one. This is a major book
which no African intellectual anywhere in the world should be without.
Price: $11.87 - Paperback - Africa World Press; (December 1992)
Asante's book
Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge continues his project
of forging a new discipline out of the many strands of Black studies. Like his
previous works, this is a profound statement of the Afrocentric perspective.
From: $18.85 - Paperback - Peoples Pub Group; (October 1995)
This book should be in everybody's library. It is the best book on African
American History that I have encountered. It is sectioned off into short
chapters with questions to think about and group activities at the beginning of
each chapter. It also has a suggested reading section at the end of each chapter
if you would like to read on about a certain area. This is one book that you
will truly appreciate!
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1989)
Afrocentricity remains as one of the newest and least understood of
philosophical branches. Originating in the late 19th Century through the work of
W.E.B. DuBois and his contemporaries, Asante provides a brilliant
stepping-stone, just scraping the surface for the uninitiated beginner, into
this compelling branch of thought. Particularly interesting are his arguments on
human nature and of universality. Afrocentricity is NOT Black nationalist
propaganda, it is a legitimate point-of-view and a basis of serious scholarship.
Essential reading for any philosophy student.
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"Molefi Asante, the founding and
preeminent theorist of Afrocentricity, is one of the most important
intellectuals at work today. This work continues his tradition of combining an
extraordinary intellectual range with an impressive ability to identify and
clarify central issues in the current discourse on Afrocentricity,
multiculturalism, race, culture, ethnicity and related themes. Dr. Asante offers
an insightful and valuable response to Eurocentric critics of the Afrocentric
initiative while simultaneously addressing a wide range of issues critical to
understanding this important intellectual enterprise, including African agency,
location, orientation, centeredness, subject-place and cultural groundedness.
The volume is thoughtful, multifaceted and rewarding, and yields a rich sense of
the contours and complexity of the Afrocentric project." --Dr. Maulana
Karenga, Chair, Department of Black Studies, California State University, Long
Beach
Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change
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African
Intellectual Heritage: A Book of Sources
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Organized by major themes—such as
creation stories, and resistance to oppression—this collection gather works of
imagination, politics and history, religion, and culture from many societies and
across recorded time. Asante and Abarry marshal together ancient, anonymous
writers whose texts were originally written on stone and papyri and the
well-known public figures of more recent times whose spoken and written words
have shaped the intellectual history of the diaspora.