Molefi Kete Asante

Author of Afrocentricity

About the Author

Molefi Kete Asante is Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Black Studies and has published 76 books including The African American People: A Global History (Routledge) and As I Run Toward Africa. He is show more President, Molefi Kete Asante Institute, Philadelphia; Member, Board of Directors, Institute for Pan African Strategies, Dakar, and Advisor, Thabo Mbeki Institute for African Leadership, Tshwane. show less

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Works by Molefi Kete Asante

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Afrocentricity (1988) 135 copies, 1 review

The Afrocentric Idea (1987) 101 copies, 1 review

The Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans (1991) 71 copies

Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge (1990) 49 copies

African Intellectual Heritage (African American Studies) (1996) — Editor — 44 copies

The History of Africa (2007) 42 copies

The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten (2000) 39 copies

Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation (2003) 32 copies

Encyclopedia of Black Studies (2004) 23 copies

The African-American Atlas: Black History and Culture-An Illustrated Reference (1998) 22 copies

Encyclopedia of African Religion (2008) 21 copies

100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia (2003) 17 copies

Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication (1989) 17 copies

An Afrocentric Manifesto (2007) 16 copies

Classical Africa (1994) 16 copies

The Book of African Names (1991) 15 copies

Malcolm X As Cultural Hero: And Other Afrocentric Essays (1993) 15 copies

The Painful Demise of Eurocentrism: An Afrocentric Response to Critics (1999) 14 copies

The Global Intercultural Communication Reader (2007) 14 copies

African American History (1995) 13 copies

Egypt vs. Greece and the American Academy (2002) 12 copies

Handbook of Black Studies (2005) 12 copies

Culture and Customs of Egypt (Culture and Customs of Africa) (2002) 9 copies

Maulana Karenga: An Intellectual Portrait (2009) 8 copies

Handbook of Intercultural Communication (1979) 7 copies

Cheikh Anta Diop: An Intellectual Portrait (2007) 7 copies

Rooming in the Master's House: Power and Privilege in the Rise of Black Conservatism (2010) 7 copies

Transracial communication (Prentice-Hall speech communication series) (1973) 5 copies

Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation (Critical Africana Studies) (2014) 5 copies

The African American People: A Global History (2011) 5 copies

As I Run Toward Africa: A Memoir (2011) 5 copies

Contemporary critical thought in Africology and Africana studies (2016) — Editor — 4 copies

Race, Rhetoric, And Identity: The Architecton Of Soul (2005) 4 copies

Journal of Black Studies - DECEMBER, 1979 - VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2 4 copies

A historia da África 4 copies

Transcultural Realities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cross-Cultural Relations (2001) — Editor — 4 copies

Contemporary Black thought : alternative analyses in social and behavioral science (1980) 3 copies

The voice of Black rhetoric: selections 3 copies

Spearmasters: Introduction to African Religion (2007) 3 copies

SCATTERED TO THE WIND : AN AFRICAN HISTORICAL SAGA (2002) 2 copies

400 YEARS of WITNESSING (2019) 2 copies

Revolutionary Pedagogy (2017) 2 copies

EOA Conference 1 copy

The scream of blood: Desettlerism in Southern Africa (Sunscholars' series) (1998) 1 copy

Erasing Racism 2ND EDITION (2010) 1 copy

In Their Faces: Situating Alternatives to Afrocentrism 1 copy

Essays in honor of an intellectual warrior, Molefi Kete Asante (2008) 1 copy

Afrocentricity: the theory of social change 1 copy

speaking my mother's tongue: an introduction to african-american language 1 copy

Revolutionary Pedagogy, Second Edition (2023) 1 copy

Teacher's Guide for African American History: A Journey of Liberation (1995) 1 copy

Classical Africa Activity Book (1995) 1 copy

Love Dances (1998) 1 copy

African Pyramids of Knowledge (2015) 1 copy

epic in search of african kings by asante 1 copy

The African American book of names and their meanings (1999) 1 copy

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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (2021) — Contributor — 1,156 copies, 25 reviews

Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology (1999) — Contributor — 174 copies, 1 review

Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (1995) — Contributor — 104 copies

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Other names: Smith, Arthur Lee
Birthdate: 1942-08-14
Gender: male
Education: Oklahoma Christian College (1964)
Pepperdine University (MA|1965)
University of California, Los Angeles (PhD|1968)
Relationships: Asante Welsh, Kariamu (former spouse)
Asante, MK (offspring)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Valdosta, Georgia, USA
Associated Place (for map): Georgia, USA

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CarrieFortuneLibrary 373 reviews

Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change by Molefi Kete Asante

The central topic of this cross-disciplinary work is the theory of “Afrocentricity,” which mandates that Africans be viewed as subjects rather than objects; and looks at how this philosophy, ethos, and world view gives Africans a better understanding of how to interpret issues affecting their communities. History, psychology, sociology, literature, economics, and education are explored, including discussions on Washingtonianism, Garveyism, Du Bois, Malcolm X, race and identity, Marxism, show more and breakthrough strategies. show less

Feb 18, 2025

MoyaHarris 27 reviews

The Afrocentric Idea, Revised and Expanded Edition by Molefi Asante