ISBN:
1604732938
,
9781604732931
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 223 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Case against Afrocentrism
DDC:
305.896
Keywords:
Blacks Race identity
;
African diaspora
;
African Americans Race identity
;
Afrocentrism
;
Pan-Africanism
;
Africa ; In popular culture
;
African Americans ; Race identity
;
African diaspora
;
Afrocentrism
;
Blacks ; Race identity
;
Pan-Africanism
;
Electronic books
;
Africa In popular culture
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Afrocentric Essentialism; 1. Africa and the Challenges of Constructing Identity; 2. Conceptual and Paradigmatic Utilizations and Representations of Africa; 3. Essentialist Construction of Identity and Pan-Africanism; 4. Afrocentric Consciousness and Historical Memory; 5. Afrocentric Essentialism and Globalization; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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