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Department of political science, miami university molefi kete asante, an afrocentric manifesto. I particularly loved his recognition that a physical revolution is not enough. Ama mazama, an afrocaribbean native of guadeloupe, brilliantly obtained her doctorate in linguistics in 1987 at the sorbonne nouvelle university. Later with ama mazama i would edit the encyclopedia of african religion with the express purpose of discovering africas. Apr, 2009 the philosophy of afrocentricity as expounded by molefi kete asante and ama mazama, central figures of the temple school, is a way of answering all cultural, economic, political, and social questions related to african people from a centered position. Primer for teachers of black children, now one of his eightytwo 82 books. Afrocentricity refers to the intellectual work of a group of african philosophers, historians, and sociologists during the late twentieth century with varying degrees of attachment to the central idea that the key crisis in the african world is the profoundly disturbing decentering of african people from a subject position within their own narrative. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit.
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