The case against Afrocentrism /

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 validat...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Adeleke, Tunde
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
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
Umfang:
1 online resource (238 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612821219
9781282821217
1282821210
9781604732948
1604732946
Schlagworte:
Afrocentrism.
Pan-Africanism.
African diaspora.
African Americans > Race identity.
Black people > Race identity.
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