We begin this essay by sharing a bit about our entry points into Black, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous feminist solidarities before entering into conversation with Mikki Kendall whose work Hood Feminisms: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot inspired the title for this essay and offers important insights for Black and Indigenous feminist…

In the light of #FeesMustFall, decolonisation has come to the fore in the South African higher education landscape. Decolonisation proposes the overthrow of entrenched European power relations in higher education and the study of fairy tales within a pre-service teaching degree in a university English curriculum provides an ideal opportunity for…

Develops a theory of black studies by examining the works of the foremost writers in, and critics of, the field. Uses the history of the black intellectual tradition as a frame and places black studies in the context of multicultural studies, the contemporary academy, and the development of the global economy and culture. Discusses Afrocentricity…

Compares and contrasts Eurocentric organizational goals and values with Afrocentric ones. While the Western model is based on materialism, hierarchical control, bottom-line profits, and competition, the Afrocentric model is based on support of all members, communal management style, and people over profits. (JPS)

The works of over 75 communication scholars have consistently traced the markers of communication in African American life. There exists a complex and varied corpus that is necessarily interdisciplinary and multifarious in perspectives and context. The space(s) is theirs to define and, perhaps, to claim. Such studies may reward scholars most when…

Considers the impact of African centered knowledge within the United Kingdom. Recent development of African Diaspora studies has forged links between various black Atlantic communities. The United Kingdom has experienced positive grassroots community response to the work of noted African centered scholars, yet within the British academy,…

Describes a mentoring project that helps black women at a predominantly white university develop career plans and professional development strategies. Focus groups discussed black women's needs, strategies for developing leadership abilities, and career advancement opportunities. Results were used to plan group mentoring sessions to empower…

This paper describes a literature review that searched for afrocentric perspectives on human communication theory. The search described in the paper was focused on the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, reportedly one of the largest collections of African-American literature in the United States. The search described in the…

This paper considers fundamental questions raised in the current debate about Afrocentric research methods in the social sciences. The discussion covers feminist, critical theory, radical humanist, radical structuralist, ethnographic, naturalistic inquiry, constructivism, and phenomenological inquiry approaches to research. The working definition…

Classifies and discusses Afrikana women's feminism within the following categories: Black Feminism, Womanism, and Afrikana Womanism. Clearly, the mainstream Euroamerican conceptualization of feminism is an inappropriate framework to address the concerns and issues of Afrikana womanism. Privileged Eurofeminists have failed to acknowledge Afrikana…

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)

The study of controversies about the legitimacy and historical groundedness of assertions about African civilization is used to support an Afrocological teaching approach to African civilization, exploring the content of the American college curriculum. There is a historically factual basis for a holistic pedagogical approach to African…

A study examined whether the adoption of an Afrocentric textbook at a historically Black university motivated freshman composition students to read, write, and think. Subjects, 911 out of 1,305 students who completed English 002 during the 1991-92 academic year at Howard University, completed surveys regarding the textbook "Revelations: An…

Presents a number of brief reports on the latest trends and current circumstances surrounding African American progress in higher education. Discussions include an analysis of financial barriers, Harvard's push for diversification, academic citation systems and black scholarship, and the 1993 court ruling on Dr. Leonard Jeffries and Afrocentrism.…

Analyzes the history of the development of African-American studies as a social science and humanities discipline, and contends that the field is so new it has no history of its own. The inception of the Temple University (Pennsylvania) School of Afrocentric Scholarship marks the discipline's real birth. (SLD)