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Cruse, Harold – Black Scholar, 1984
Reviews Maulana Karenga's "Introduction to Black Studies" (1982). Discusses the academic and social relevance of the discipline and its growth out of economic, political, and historical forces. Concurs with Karenga's Afrocentric approach but notes the difficulties in its implementation within the current academic climate. (GC)
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Book Reviews

Semmes, Clovis E. – Journal of Black Studies, 1981
Considers Black Studies as a vital social science, and recommends Afrocentrism as the guiding principle for Black Studies. Identifies the mission of Afrocentrism discipline as a solution to the cultural problems of the African diaspora. (DA)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies

Asante, Molefi Kete – Souls, 2000
Discusses how Afrocentricity entered the picture in the western world. Afrocentricity seeks to obliterate the mental, physical, cultural, and economic dislocation of African people by thrusting Africans as centered, healthy human beings in the context of African thought. Examines Eurocentric approaches (dialectical materialism, structuralism, and…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Cultural Differences, Higher Education

Hall, Perry A. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1991
Discusses new directions for African-American studies curricula. Argues that the Afrocentrist perspective presents a static model that does not adequately address the dynamic interaction of Afrocentric sensibility with Western-dominated economic, cultural, and political structures. The African-American studies discipline should be conceptualized…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Education, Black History

Asante, Molefi Kete – Educational Leadership, 1991
Most teachers do not realize that an African-American or a Hispanic person has had to experience the death of his/her own culture to master white cultural information. By centering or empowering their students of color, teachers can reduce feelings of dislocation engendered by our society's predominantly "white self-esteem" curricula.…
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Blacks

Swigonski, Mary E. – Social Work, 1996
Challenges social workers to understand the nature of privilege as it relates to oppression and to develop a profound multicultural literacy that is carefully translated into practice imperatives. Africentric theory provides a framework within which social workers can challenge the invisible hegemony of privilege. (FC)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Blacks, Counseling Techniques

Kershaw, Terry – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1989
Argues that traditional sociology has treated Black studies as peripheral to the study of human behavior. Proposes a paradigm that includes an emphasis on Afrocentric perspective and a methodology that combines positivist and critical methodologies. (FMW)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies

Okafor, Victor Oguejiofor – Journal of Black Studies, 1996
Examines the scope of African American studies, its origins, and its development and autonomy as an academic discipline. The meaning of Afrocentrism, the concept of centrism that lies at the core of the discipline of African American studies, the Africalogical method of criticism, and what constitutes the mission of Africalogy are discussed. (GR)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Studies, Cultural Education
Magner, Denise K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
The article describes Temple University's doctoral program in African-American studies, notes the awarding of the first Ph.D. in the program, and discusses controversy surrounding the Afrocentric emphasis of the program. (DB)
Descriptors: African Studies, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Studies

Gates, 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

Okur, Nilgun Anadolu – Journal of Black Studies, 1993
The Afrocentric theories of Molefi Kete Asante are examined as they relate to drama. It is argued that the fundamental principle in understanding African-American drama rests on viewing it as a means of total creation deriving power from the interaction of the self, the community, and the cosmos. (SLD)
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Black Community

Asante, Molefi K. – Journal of Black Studies, 1986
Huggins' report lacks serious data collection on college Black Studies Departments, omits the strongest ones, fails to record their history accurately, and does not assess the research achievements of its scholars. Huggins overlooks the importance of applying an Afro-centric perspective to phenomena related to people of African descent. (PS)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Black History, Black Studies

Bethel, Kathleen E. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Explores how theories of Afrocentricity can affect the arrangement of knowledge and the dissemination of information in libraries. Various aspects of cataloging are discussed, including controlled vocabularies, computer applications, and classification schemes; historical collections are reviewed; and examples of problems with Library of Congress…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Cataloging, Change

Mazama, Ama – Journal of Black Studies, 1994
Language planners assert that languages are tools that can be transformed into resources and managed by states through elaboration of language policies to be carried out through language planning. Language planning is explored from the Afrocentric point of view, considering it as part of pro-Western propaganda. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Educational Policy, Ideology

Hine, Darlene Clark – Black Scholar, 1992
Reviews the history of African-American studies and explores its future. Three groups of scholarly practitioners in African-American studies are discussed as (1) traditionalists; (2) authentists and/or Afrocentrists; and (3) African-American feminists. Contributions of each group are examined, and the role of each in the future is considered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Studies, Females