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Coughlin, Ellen K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Researchers of Black American culture argue that interpretations of their experience are skewed by academe's Western perspective, and are becoming champions of Afrocentricity. (MSE)
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Black Culture
Peer reviewedGates, Henry Louis, Jr.; And Others – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1994
Provides several viewpoints on whether black studies departments are considered academically respectable or prestigious if they take a separatist or Afrocentrist approach to the study of black history and culture. Additionally, the article examines whether certain areas of black research are dismissed because they are considered scholarly unsound.…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black History, Black Studies, Curriculum Enrichment
Peer reviewedMoses, Wilson J. – Journal of Education, 1991
Traces the historical origins of the controversy surrounding Afrocentric education versus education based on the traditional canon of the Western world to W. H. Ferris' work and his 1913 study "The African abroad or His Evolution in Western Civilization, Tracing His Development under Caucasian Milieu," which has relevance today. (SLD)
Descriptors: African History, Afrocentrism, Authors, Black Culture
