Facing South to Africa : Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation /

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...

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Main Author: Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Series:Critical Africana studies.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Afrocentricity and culture
  • African maat and human communication
  • The ordeal of good Afrocentric speech
  • Afrocentricity and education
  • Afrocentricity and a new orientation
  • Imagining new social sciences
  • The philosophical basis for an African university
  • Kwame Nkrumah and Muammar Gaddafi's vision of Africa
  • Toward a union of African states
  • Thabo Mbeki and an Afrocentric Africa
  • Western media and the falsification of Africa
  • Threats to African peace and the face of solutions, UN speech.