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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Afrocentrism"”.
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Between afrocentrism and universality : detective fiction by black women
This paper focuses on mysteries written by the Afro-American women authors Barbara Neely and Valerie Wilson Wesley. Both authors place a black woman in the role of the detective - an innovative feature not only in the realm of female detective literature of the past two decades but also with regard …
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South African popular music of the 1980's and the role of the Graceland Project: A case of International (USA- RSA ) collaboration and co-production
… this aspect. Using popular music and pop culture Afrocentrism as frameworks, this study analyses the Graceland project in the context of the South African popular music of the 1980s. The empirical research approach leaning towards the qualitative method was used. Interviews and literature review …
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The utilisation of indigenous foods in enhancing household food security in the rural area of eMaphephetheni, KwaZulu-Natal
… data. Therefore, this study was framed under Afrocentrism theory for a theoretical explanation that African issues must be addressed from an Afrocentric rather than Eurocentric perspective. Hence, Afrocentricity befits a fundamental theoretical perspective in the study of indigenous foods. If …
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Three Decades of Epidemic Black Gun Homicide Victimization in Toronto: Analyzing Causes and Consequences of a Criminological Approach
… victimization (BHV) through self-stigmatization. Afrocentrism provides an alternative narrative with which to counter dominant deficit narratives and engender agency in individuals and communities.
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Exploring experiences and perspectives of health, illness and death in selected contemporary African postcolonial texts
… race, class, democracy, post colonialism, Afrocentrism among others. The study enters into a critical conversation with the postcolonial personal (memoir) representation of health, illness and death as a human social context. Using discourse analysis and literature review, I have placed …
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Predictors of Drug Treatment Completion Among Black Women: A Black Feminist Intersectionality Approach
This study used a national sample of substance abuse treatment centers to analyze predictors of drug treatment completion among a sample of black women compared to white women, white men, and black men. Data are drawn from the Treatment Episode Data Set - Discharges (TEDS-D) 2006, which is …
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Trickster-hero and rite of passage: effects of traditionally west African folklore forms on postcolonial Afro-Caribbean literature
<p>This thesis focuses on the implied presence of African storytelling tropes and characters in postcolonial Afro-Caribbean literature. It argues that Afro-Caribbean writers deliberately utilize these tropes in order to separate themselves from a vestigial European cultural presence. The three main …
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The Creation and Development of an Afrocentric Christian College: Imani Kuumba College and Graduate School
The study examines Imani Kuumba College, (IKC), an Afrocentric Christian College. Since previous research does not examine any higher institution that provides a type of learning that focuses totally on the study of the Afrocentric world, this historical case study describes a unique educational …