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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820946803321

Autore

Adeleke Tunde

Titolo

The case against Afrocentrism / / Tunde Adeleke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2009

ISBN

1-282-82121-0

9786612821219

1-60473-294-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

305.896

Soggetti

Afrocentrism

Pan-Africanism

African diaspora

African Americans - Race identity

Blacks - Race identity

Africa In popular culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Afrocentric essentialism -- Africa and the challenges of constructing identity -- Conceptual and paradigmatic utilizations and representations of Africa -- Essentialist construction of identity and pan-Africanism -- Afrocentric consciousness and historical memory -- Afrocentric essentialism and globalization.

Sommario/riassunto

Postcolonial discourses on African Diaspora history and relations have traditionally focused intensely on highlighting the common experiences and links between black Africans and African Americans. This is especially true of Afrocentric scholars and supporters who use Africa to construct and validate a monolithic, racial, and culturally essentialist worldview. Publications by Afrocentric scholars such as Molefi Asante, Marimba Ani, Maulana Karenga, and the late John Henrik Clarke have emphasized the centrality of Africa to the construction of Afrocentric essentialism. In the last fifteen years