Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. It strives to create new forms of discourse about Africa and the African Diaspora, impact on education through expanding curricula to be more inclusive, change the language of social institutions to reflect a more holistic universe, and revitalize conversations in Africa, Europe, and America, about an African renaissance based on commitment to fundamental ideas of agency, centeredness, and cultural location. In An Afrocentric Manifesto, Molefi Kete Asante examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society. Thus, this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricity, defends the necessity for African people to view themselves as agents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe, and proposes a more democratic framework for human relationships. An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet on Afrocentric theory. It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It will be essential reading for urban studies, philosophy, African and African American Studies, social work, sociology, political science, and communication.

Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of themost persistent influences in the social sciences and humanitiesover the past three decades. It strives to create new forms ofdiscourse about Africa and the African Diaspora, impact oneducation through expanding curricula to be more inclusive, changethe language of social institutions to reflect a more holisticuniverse, and revitalize conversations in Africa, Europe, andAmerica, about an African renaissance based on commitment tofundamental ideas of agency, centeredness, and cultural location.In An Afrocentric Manifesto, Molefi Kete Asante examinesand explores the cultural perspective closest to the existentialreality of African people in order to present an innovativeinterpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporarysociety.Thus, this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricitydefends the necessity for African people to view themselves asagents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe, and proposesa more democratic framework for human relationships.An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet onAfrocentric theory. It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigmwith implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It willbe essential reading for urban studies, philosophy, African andAfrican American Studies, social work, sociology, politicalscience, and communication.

1 Introduction 12 Ama Mazama and Paradigmatic Discourse 93 Afrocentricity: Notes on a Disciplinary Position 314 In Search of an Afrocentric Historiography 555 Kemetic Bases: The Africanness of Ancient Egypt 686 The Afrocentric Idea in Education 787 Sustaining a Relationship to Black Studies 938 Afrocentricity and History 1059 The Black Nationalist Question 12210 Race, Brutality, and Hegemony 13211 Blackness as an Ethical Trope: Toward a Post-Western Manifesto 153References 167Index 174