By Molefi Kete Asante
In An Afrocentric Manifesto, Molefi Kete Asante examines and explores the cultural point of view closest to the existential truth of African humans that allows you to current an leading edge interpretation at the smooth concerns confronting modern society.
Thus, this ebook engages the main opinions of Afrocentricity, defends the need for African humans to view themselves as brokers rather than as items at the fringes of Europe, and proposes a extra democratic framework for human relationships.
An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet on Afrocentric conception. it really is on the innovative of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of research. it will likely be crucial analyzing for city reports, philosophy, African and African American reports, social paintings, sociology, political technology, and communication.
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