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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Victor O OkaforPublisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Imprint: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Edition: 6th Revised edition ISBN: 9781792493133ISBN 10: 1792493134 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 30 December 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsDedication About the Author Foreword Preface AcknowledgementsChapter 1 An Overview of Primary Historical Themes At the Beginning Kemet (Ancient Egypt) Nubia Axum Ghana Empire Mali Empire Songhai Empire Ile-Ife, Benin, Onitsha and Other Western African Kingdoms East African Coastal City States The Great Zimbabwe and Mutapa (Monomotapa) Pre-Columbian African Presence in Ancient America References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 2 A Brusque and Bloody Encounter The Most Decisive Contact Three Major Stages The Trans-Atlantic Trade in African Captives Slavocracy's Propaganda African Royal Resistance Offshore Resistance of the Captives Other Forms of Resistance References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 3 The Second Revolutionary Movement Abolitionism The Second Revolutionary Movement A Dual Labor System John Brown Raid on Harper's Ferry The Civil War (1861-1865) The Meaning of Juneteenth References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 4 National Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Reconciliation Three Key Constitutional Amendments The Dawn of a New Repression The Presidential Election of 1876 Tearing Down the House Eruption of Jim Crow Laws Responses to New Repression Amidst Race Riots The Civil Rights (Black Protest) Movement Congressional Apology Colonialism Decolonization References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 5 The Roots of Africology Introduction Campus Discontent The Impact of Global Events A New Cadre of Intellectuals A Revolution in Academe The 1960s' Question The Key Question Centuries-Old Intellectual Antecedents A Pragmatic Vision of Education Milestones References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 6 Africology: A Discipline or an Unstructured Collection of Black Courses? Temple's Impact Africological Conceptual Framework The Afrocentric/African-Centered Paradigm Africological Centeredness Africological Method of Criticism The Scope of Africology The Question of Autonomy References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 7 Africology as a Human Science Africological Subject Areas Womanism and Gender Complementarity Criticisms and Constraints Internal Constraints Conclusion Teaching Africology References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 8 A Guide for Africological Research, Analysis, and Synthesis Africans, The African Diaspora, and The African World Multicentric Vs Universal The Humanist Essence of the African Cultural Heritage References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 9 Why Africology? An Examination of Debates About How to Name the Discipline What Drives Distinctive Nomenclatural Choices Within the Discipline? Cultural Pluralism Naming the New Field Issues to Consider Other Viewpoints In Retrospect Antagonism within Academia Marketability Africology and African American Studies at Eastern Michigan University Conclusion References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 10 The Foundational Role of African Civilization: The Groundbreaking Impact of Diopian Egyptology Diop's Primary Thesis A Southern Origin Interdisciplinary Tools Conclusion References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 11 Africology And the Du Boisian Influence Introduction Du Bois's Background, Career, and Philosophical Orientation Double Consciousness The Father of Black Studies The Problem of the Twentieth Century The Freedmen's Bureau On Booker T. Washington A New World Order An Africological Analysis References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 12 Africology as a Response to Miseducation: Carter G. Woodson Revisited An Academic Cold War Miseducation Woodson's Pluralism Designed for the Benefit of the Dominant Group Self-Hatred Dependent Education Effects on Black Business Entrepreneurship On the Black Church Attitude toward the Weak and Unfortunate A Perfect Device for Control from Without Why Does a Name Matter? Woodson's Prescription for a New Direction Call for an African Interpretation of Christian Theology Conclusion References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 13 Careers in Africology What Can I do With a Degree in Africology? Why the Question Persists A Liberal Arts Degree Assessment of Student Learning References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 14 Africology and Its In-House Detractors: A Critique of Appiah's in My Father's House A Major Challenge On Pan-Africanism A Benign Picture of Colonialism Appiah and African Civilization Race and Racism References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 15 The Afrocentric/African-Centered Paradigm: An In-Depth Examination of its Philosophical and Pragmatic Implications On White Supremacism Migrating Back to Africa: The Literal and Philosophical Dimensions Centered Education The Ultimate Test Pan-African Linkages References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 16 Malcolm X And His Visions For African America His Early Life How America Produced Malcolm X His Nation of Islam's Experience Malcolm's Visit to 14 African Countries Formation of OAAU An Africological Analysis References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 17 Black Lives Matter (BLM) Goes Global-George Floyd and the Hot Summer of 2020, A Survey of Emergent Grassroots Protests and Public Perceptions of Justice Introduction What is Justice? Dictionary's Definition of Justice Justice and Contemporary Cases of Extra-Judicial Killings Five High-Profile Examples Trayvon Martin and the Rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement The Essence of Black Lives Matter George Floyd and the Globalization of Black Lives Matter BLM as END SARS in Nigeria Echoes of BLM in Brazil Extra-Judicial Killing Violates Both Common Law and Natural Law International Kneeling Against Entrenched Racism and Injustice Colin Kaepernick's Bravery Eroseanna Rose Robinson's pioneering example Voices of Concern from the United Nations Student Reflections The Conscience of the Nation and a Polarized Public Opinion Ex-President Barack Obama's Views President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Speak on George Floyd's Verdict Conclusion References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 18 A Critical Appraisal of Political Stratgies, Ideological Imperatives, and Electoral Milestones Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy A Psychological Boost King Did Not Die in Vain A Paradigmatic Shift in an Elastic Democracy Did Democracy Liberate the African American or Did the Black Protest Movement Advance the American Democracy? The Ascendency of Electoral Politics Electoral Milestones Ideological Approaches Accomodationism Radicalism Black Nationalism Liberal Integrationism Black Conservatism Afrocentricity, Afrocentrism or African-Centeredness Radical Democratic Multiculturalism Post-Racialism References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 19 Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 Presidential Election Victories: Milestone Moments In Us History The Watershed Presidential Election of 2008 A Transformational Moment The 2008 Presidential Primaries Changing Demographics as a Factor Obama's Youthful Appeal and His Promise to End the War in Iraq Impact of the Civil Rights Movement Status of Americans of Mixed Racial Birth A Breakdown of the 2008 Presidential Votes Obama's Historic Impact on Black Voter Participation Rates President Obama's 2012 Re-election Winning against All Odds A Post-Script: An Ironic Twist of History Secessionist Reactions to Obama's Re-Election Rhetorical Questions References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseChapter 20 The Challenge of Twenty First Century African American Leadership and Policy Directions The Political Economy and African Americans Welfare Reform and The National Economy A Recovery and Re-Bound Path Disproportionate Incarceration Rates and Gun Violence The Obama Administration's Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 The Trump Administration's First Step Act (FSA) of 2018 Teen Pregnancy and Unwed Motherhood The Affirmative Action Debate and Instructive Employment Data Societal Failure to Comply Necessitated Affirmative Action Mixed Signs of Progress Shifting Views of Racism Prejudice + Action = Racism The Most Privileged Blacks of the Twenty First Century References End of Chapter Reading Comprehension ExerciseReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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