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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Afrocentricity"”.
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Lifting as We Climb: African American Women's Education Experience in the Ivory Tower
… the participants were unfamiliar with the term Afrocentricity. They did not fathom that Afrocentricity could be used as a methodological or theoretical framework. All the participants exhibited at least one tenet of Afrocentricity. They are testimonies of the veracity of the Sankofian principles …
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The Home as Refuge: Locating Homeplace Theory Within the Afrocentric Paradigm
… and maintenance of homeplace. By privileging Afrocentricity as the primary theoretical thrust, Homeplace Theory finds an intellectual home within the Afrocentric Paradigm with the addition of Afrocentric principles in the creation and explanation of Homeplace Theory. Afrocentricity also …
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Examining the role of hardiness, race-related stress, and racial identity on psychological health outcomes of black college students
… served as a moderator for both the internalized afrocentricity subscale of racial identity and the perseverative cognition subscale of race-related stress on depression. Specifically, participants who were low on hardiness and high on afrocentricity reported higher levels of depression than those …
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Community-based co-design of a crowdsourcing task management application for safeguarding indigenous knowledge
… We provide a synthesis of Oundu moral values and Afrocentricity as a foundation for conducting Afrocentric research to establish and maintain humanness before CBCD can take place. With those taken as inherent moral values, Afrocentricity should then solely be focused on knowledge construction …
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Afrikan contribution to international relations theory: an Afrocentric philosophical enquiry
… be / have been informed by the doctrine of Afrocentricity. It should thus be understood that this particular study, is mainly interested, in what may currently be or have been Afrikan contribution to IR theory. The specific employment of Afrocentricity should hopefully be read, as an effort …
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Africans in Louisiana: An Afrocentric Analysis of Southwest Louisiana’s Culture through the Lens of Spirituality
… indigenous to a new land, through the theory of Afrocentricity. Ultimately this study is needed in order to demonstrate the Afrocentric claim that culture was not destroyed in the African Diaspora but instead maintained.
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POST-COLONIAL DISLOCATION AND AMNESIA: A CURE FROM MOLEFI KETE ASANTE'S AN AFROCENTRIC MANIFESTO
… With a detailed discussion of the principles of Afrocentricity based on Asante's ground-breaking book An Afrocentric Manifesto, the paper proposes possible ways in which Afrocentric theory could be applied in addressing such misrepresentations and developing a true sense of identity for the …
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Always Room At The Top: Black Students And Educational Policy In Ithaca, Ny
… disparities in schools. Drawing on tenets from Afrocentricity and critical race theory, this dissertation explores educational inequity and related policy in a top-rated, suburban school district. The project examines the historic roots of racial disparities in this district and employs …
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WAKANDA FOREVER: AN AFROCENTRIC ANALYSIS OF THE FILM BLACK PANTHER
… diaspora. Using the theory of Afrofuturism and Afrocentricity, this research will analyze how there are spaces of Black excellence that appear lackluster to the outside (White) world but, in reality, are hidden jewels of thriving Black spaces that encourage Black survival, creativity, …
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Soul as a Gateway to Erotic Possibilities: An Afrocentric Study of Black Women’s Musical Narratives as Extensions of Agency and Freedom
… sexuality, and intimacy. This work employs Afrocentricity as a methodological tool to engage with sexual expressions that center on African historical, social, political, and social phenomena. Location theory, Womanism, and ADQT (Afrocentric Decolonizing Queer Theory) provide a framework for …
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Exploring challenges and intervention strategies for harvesting Mopane worms in conservation areas: A case study of selected areas in Vhembe District Municipality
… breeding habitats. The study was guided by the Afrocentricity Theory developed by Molefi Kete Asante in 2009, which emphasizes the recognition of African values and perspectives. A qualitative research design was employed, utilizing purposive and snowball sampling methods for selecting …
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The utilisation of indigenous foods in enhancing household food security in the rural area of eMaphephetheni, KwaZulu-Natal
… rather than Eurocentric perspective. Hence, Afrocentricity befits a fundamental theoretical perspective in the study of indigenous foods. If people can reconnect with their cultural identities, the acceptance of indigenous foods could improve. Cultural continuity is related to their ability …
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By Chameleonic Means; "Trust Based" Philanthropic Relationships, "The Business of Yes," As Experienced By Black Fundraisers
… as a paradigmatic framework, while honoring both Afrocentricity and Black storywork as methodological frameworks, this dissertation centered experiences and narratives of six Black fundraisers navigating the historically White-overrepresented social landscape of philanthropy. Through means of a …
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An investigation into the making of the cultural traditions of kwa Sokhulu chiefdom in modern South Africa: an Afrocentric approach
… and grounded. Molefe Asante's (1987) concept of "Afrocentricity" informed the theoretical framework, emphasizing the need for African people to be historically, economically, socially, politically, and philosophically recentred. A qualitative research design was employed to gain an in-depth …
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Nollywood: Challenges, Heritage Practice and Storytelling
… of shared memories in cultural preservation, and Afrocentricity, a perspective that places African culture and history at the centre, the study demonstrates how Nollywood preserves cultural integrity while adapting to modern challenges. Other theoretical underpinnings include decolonisation, which …
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The place of African Renaissance in the South African education
… philosophies underlying the African Renaissance; Afrocentricity and the notion of this ideal; the dichotomy between African Renaissance call and the present education system. African Renaissance and education were studied with particular reference to African centered Psychology, African Philosophy …
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Say It Loud: An Action Research Project Examining the Afrivisual and Africology, Looking for Alternative African American Community College Teaching Strategies
… African-centered theoretical frameworks: (1) Afrocentricity, (2) Africana Philosophy, and (3) Africana Critical Theory. The problem this work addresses is found in four areas, (1) American history is Eurocentric, (2) African history has been distorted, (3) Africa’s contribution to world …
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Sacred Freedom: Sustaining Afrocentric Spiritual Jazz in 21St Century Chicago
<p>This dissertation explores the historical and ideological headwaters of a certain form of Great Black Music that I call Afrocentric spiritual jazz in Chicago. However, that label is quickly expended as the work begins by examining the resistance of these Black musicians to any label. I theorize …
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LIBERATORY EXPRESSIONS: BLACK WOMEN, RESISTANCE AND THE CODED WORD, AN AFRICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
Word coding can be traced to the ancient Kemetic practice of steganography (referring to hiding place or hidden message). Unless the reader is aware of the meaning, the Coded Word can often appear as just art. Afrocentric scholarship however, also incorporates the idea of functionality. Aesthetics, …
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An Africentric Reading Protocol: The Speculative Fiction Of Octavia Butler And Tananarive Due
<p>This examination of Africentric speculative fiction (ASF) applies an Africentric reading protocol to selected works of Octavia E. Butler and Tananarive Due. Butler's Parable Series and Due's African Immortals Series are examined using seven elements of Africentric narrative specific to cultural …
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