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This book consists of a comprehensive analysis of Afrocentricity and (Afrocentric) African Centered Education and the value and viability of these paradigms as alternatives to the current Eurocentric educational system in the United States. It will seek to critically analyze the theoretical frameworks of Afrocentricity as pedagogy for children and youth. It will seek to answer the following questions: 1.Does Afrocentricity in children and youth shape their identity? 2.Does Afrocentricity in children and youth shape their academic achievement? 3.Does Afrocentricity in children and youth shape their development? With over 70% of African American children attending public schools, school-districts can no longer afford to authorize and implement curriculum and instruction that is not culturally relevant to their lives.

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Cynthia D. Cornelius is a native of Oakland, California and a product of the Oakland Public School system, California. She received her Associates Degree in Social and Behavioral Science and General Curriculum (2003) from the Peralta Community College District. She then went on to matriculate at San Francisco State University, where she received her Bachelor's in Africana Studies(2008), and a Master's in Education (Equity and Social Justice in Education)(2013). Her passion for education is something that was instilled in her at a very young age and she continues to share African, African-American, and Black historical contributions to World and Human Civilization through education.

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