The Afrocentric Idea
Editorial Reviews
From the Publisher
Asante's spirited engagement with culture warriors, neocons, and postmodernists updates this classic
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"Asante's wide range of references, his delightful examples taken from black traditions, and his sheer pleasure at discussing black culture, all combine to make his argument both cogent and important. This will be a major book." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Chair, Afro-American Studies Department, Harvard University, and W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities
"Commencing with a spirited criticism of traditional Western academic discourse, Asante's drama concludes with a discussion of a transformative African and African-American discourse that puts its participants in possession of the dynamic spirits of a distinctive African cultural experience." -Chronicle of Higher Education
"Mr. Asante is widely regarded as a major proponent of 'Afrocentricity,' or the understanding of the black experience as an extension of African history and culture.... He is credited with doing as much as anyone to build a theoretical base for an idea that has been around for sometime." -Quarterly Journal of Speech
"Not the least purpose of The Afrocentric Idea is to show blacks they have an African heritage and history that have persisted through, and helped blacks to survive slavery and subsequent discrimination." -The New York Review of Books
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The Afrocentric Idea
The Afrocentric Idea,Molefi Kete Asante,Temple University Press,156639595X,African Americans,Afrocentrism,Blacks,Communication,Ethnic Issues,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General,Minority Studies - General,Oratory,Social Science,Sociology,World - General,Africa,Anthropology,Black studies,Cultural studies
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