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Author : Cheikh Anta Diop
Release : 1996
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Towards the African Renaissance by : Cheikh Anta Diop
Download or read book Towards the African Renaissance written by Cheikh Anta Diop. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Washington A. Jalango Okumu
Release : 2002
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 138/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The African Renaissance by : Washington A. Jalango Okumu
Download or read book The African Renaissance written by Washington A. Jalango Okumu. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intellectual tour de force, this bold, imaginative and provocative analysis of Africa's striving for political stability and economic growth demonstrates the potential for an African Renaissance today. One of Africa's leading intellectuals, Okumu analyses new initiatives such as NEPAD and discusses their potential role in Africa's economic welfare and future, while putting forward his own practical, policy oriented programme for an African Renaissance.
Author : Thomas Foster Earle
Release : 2005-05-26
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 826/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Black Africans in Renaissance Europe by : Thomas Foster Earle
Download or read book Black Africans in Renaissance Europe written by Thomas Foster Earle. This book was released on 2005-05-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly original book opens up the almost entirely neglected area of the black African presence in Western Europe during the Renaissance. Covering history, literature, art history and anthropology, it investigates a whole range of black African experience and representation across Renaissance Europe, from various types of slavery to black musicians and dancers, from real and symbolic Africans at court to the views of the Catholic Church, and from writers of African descent to Black African criminality. Their findings demonstrate the variety and complexity of black African life in fifteenth and sixteenth-century Europe, and how it was affected by firmly held preconceptions relating to the African continent and its inhabitants, reinforced by Renaissance ideas and conditions. Of enormous importance both for European and American history, this book mixes empirical material and theoretical approaches, and addresses such issues as stereotypes, changing black African identity, and cultural representation in art and literature.
Author : Molefi Kete Asante
Release : 2013-05-08
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 983/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis An Afrocentric Manifesto by : Molefi Kete Asante
Download or read book An Afrocentric Manifesto written by Molefi Kete Asante. This book was released on 2013-05-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Peter Magubane
Release : 2000
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis African Renaissance by : Peter Magubane
Download or read book African Renaissance written by Peter Magubane. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term African Renaissance, first used by liberation leaders in the early 1960's, has been revived by South Africa's new president, Thabo Mbeki, as a rallying call for the re-birth of pride and prosperity on the continent. With the flowering of democracy in South Africa, there is an awakening sense of pride in being African, in all it's dimensions. African Renaissance, from the camera of renowned photographer Peter Magubane, celebrates something of what it means to be African. His insightful eye explores not only fast-disappearing traditional cultures, but also the developing customs of modern Africa, an amalgam of the ancient and the contemporary. The guide is arranged by theme, covering subjects such as dress and adornment, rites of passage and homesteads. The section on dress and adornment examines beadwork, headgear and traditional dress, while the section on rites of passage takes a look at various initiation ceremonies, and at traditional and modern weddings.
