Facing south to Africa : toward an Afrocentric critical orientation / / Molefi Kete Asante

• Autore: Asante Molefi Kete <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.54096
• Soggetto topico: Afrocentrism; Pan-Africanism; African cooperation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Afrocentricity and Culture; Chapter Two: African Maat and Human Communication; Chapter Three: The Ordeal of Good Afrocentric Speech; Chapter Four: Afrocentricity and Education; Chapter Five: Imagining New Social Sciences; Chapter Six: The Philosophical Bases for an African University; Chapter Seven: Kwame Nkrumah's and Muammar Gaddafi's Vision of Africa; Chapter Eight: Toward a Union of African States; Chapter Nine: Mbeki and an Afrocentric Africa: A Visionary Visualizing the Renaissance; Chapter Ten: Western Media and the Falsification of Africa ; Chapter Eleven: Threats to African Peace and the Face of Solutions, UN SpeechSelected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span>Renowned Critical Africana scholar and philosopher, Molefi Kete Asante demonstrates the multidimensionality of Afrocentricity as a paradigm of theoretical perspectives advancing the agency of African people. Examining orientations to culture, society, values, and communication, Asante's essays face South first, and then to the rest of the world. </span></span>
• Titolo autorizzato: Facing south to Africa
• ISBN: 1-4985-0156-7; 0-7391-9672-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458396903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical Africana studies.