Asante, M: Facing South to Africa
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Facing South to Africa is a bold synthesis of the ideas that have made Afrocentric theorists the leading voices of the African renaissance. Written from the vantage point of the philosophical and political discourse that emerged over the past twenty-five years, this is a highly readable and accessible introduction to African social and cultural criticism. Molefi Kete Asante engages in the practice of critical thinking by raising fundamental questions about how Africans view themselves and the world. Tackling the themes of culture, education, social sciences, the university, politics, African unity, and the prospects for peace in Africa, Facing South to Africa is a fresh, daring, and popularizing synthesis of the best critical thought on the issues of modern knowledge. Asante's plan is to reorient our thinking on Africa by asking questions of Africa and Africans rather than imposing preconceived, external ideas on African issues.
Renowned Critical Africana scholar and philosopher, Molefi Kete Asante demonstrates the multidimensionality of Afrocentricity as a paradigm of theoretical perspectives advancing the agency of African people. Examining orientations to culture, society, values, and communication, Asante¿s essays face South first, and then to the rest of the world.
Chapter One: Afrocentricity and CultureChapter Two: African Maat and Human CommunicationChapter Three: The Ordeal of Good Afrocentric SpeechChapter Four: Afrocentricity and EducationChapter Five: Imagining New Social SciencesChapter Six: The Philosophical Basis for an African UniversityChapter Seven: Kwame Nkrumah and Muammar Gaddafi's Vision of AfricaChapter Eight: Toward a Union of African StatesChapter Nine: Thabo Mbeki and an Afrocentric AfricaChapter Ten: Western Media and the Falsification of AfricaChapter Eleven: Threats to African Peace and The Face of Solutions, UN Speech