Facing south to Africa : toward an Afrocentric critical orientation / Molefi Kete Asante.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asante, Molefi Kete, author.

Series:

Critical Africana Studies.

Critical Africana Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African cooperation.

Afrocentrism.

Pan-Africanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

<span><span>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. </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Afrocentricity and Culture; Chapter Two: African Maat and Human Communication; Chapter Three: The Ordeal of Good Afrocentric Speech; Chapter Four: Afrocentricity and Education; Chapter Five: Imagining New Social Sciences; Chapter Six: The Philosophical Bases for an African University; Chapter Seven: Kwame Nkrumah's and Muammar Gaddafi's Vision of Africa; Chapter Eight: Toward a Union of African States; Chapter Nine: Mbeki and an Afrocentric Africa: A Visionary Visualizing the Renaissance; Chapter Ten: Western Media and the Falsification of Africa

Chapter Eleven: Threats to African Peace and the Face of Solutions, UN SpeechSelected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-9787-4474-9

1-4985-0156-7

0-7391-9672-3

OCLC:

889813126