The author suggest six methods of approaching Black Studies: (1) study of the contributions of Africans to world culture; (2) study of the influences of African culture on white culture; (3) interdisciplinary study; (4) research designed to test a hypothesis; (5) use of the novel as a teaching tool; and (6) use of historical materials in the…

Negritude begins with a recognition, a consciousness of blackness, then proceeds to an acceptance in which blackness is praised; the qualities of blacks are elaborated; a heritage is created; the plight of blacks is described and white values and civilization are belittled. (Author/JM)

Argues that Afro-American music derives from an African continuum, from a musicology, and from tonal and rhythmic values which were and are distinctly African; and that Afro-American tradition is a folk tradition. (Author/JM)

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)

This volume provides subject access to materials on all aspects of African American life and culture using the same format as the "Library of Congress Subject Headings" (LCSH). It lists approximately 5,000 subject headings that are interfaced and linked with LCSH. The list contains some of the problems that accompany the LCSH list…

The actuality of black kinship bonds and the sense of extended family are exemplifications of the sense of Africanity in black families.. (Author)

This book, first in a series of six dealing with African culture and intended for secondary level students, deals with tradition and change in Africa. All of the selections in this volume were written by Africans and come from a variety of sources including autobiographies, novels, and poems. The basic purpose of the book is to capture some of the…

Elementary instructional materials are offered in this guide for teachers to help them learn and teach about Africa simultaneously. Interdisciplinary African materials and suggested activities are integrated into the total curriculum. Emphasis is upon relating the many African contributions which resulted in a fuller and better life for all. In…

Any attempts at cooperation between African and Afro-American Studies centers must be understood within the context of their methodological perspectives and goals which are based on their politicoeconomic values. There is the possibility of practical results from this realization of differences, strengths, and weaknesses. (Author/EB)

Concludes that black studies programs should develop an octopus-like academic structure which reaches out in several directions, simultaneously: initiating and illuminating, discerning and fostering, observing and directing, collecting and disseminating; all with one goal in view, exploring the black experience within a universal perspective.…

Discusses the proposition that the black studies movement is but a continuing aspect of our general battle for survival and liberation in a fluctuatingly hostile environment, and that a part of what is seen today in the black studies movement is but a fluctuation in a fight and an expression of black collective awareness dating back to the…

This resource guide lists activities and materials that can be used by teachers to provide students with information about the historical background and cultural heritage of Afro-Americans. Specific teaching strategies, learning activities, and informational readings are provided for the following topics: (1) prominent black Americans; (2) African…

This volume is the first of a three-part course of study for secondary students. The entire course is designed to take six to eight weeks. This unit is concerned with life as Africans knew it in their homeland, before the incursions of the slave traders. While the introductory section describes the traumatic process of being uprooted and enslaved,…