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"Azibo's Metatheory of African Personality should be at the heart of all efforts to set afoot in the 2020s the new African person. It is a deep dive providing concepts, definitions and strategies for fixing the mental maladies set upon African descent people (ADP) globally. It actually provides an answer to the African-U.S. colloquial quip ""What's your major maladjustment?"" This book is a no holds barred, no tiptoeing appraisal of existing formulations about ADP's personality inclusive of racial identity and psychological Africanity/psychological Blackness. Dr. Azibo's own theory and research are highlighted. A few takeaways are: Location in African-centered worldview/asili/cultural deep structure Meshing the philosophy of African personhood, ""Black"" racial identity theory, and African personality theory in a single all-encompassing model Dr. Azibo's theory as a metatheory which best organizes all other theories on the topic Distinction between racially phylogenetic versus individual ontogenetic aspects of personality and how they work together within the individual Plumbing the biogenetic base of personality as situated in spiritual energy Rethinking the concept of rhythm Explanation of mental health for ADP in the context of evolutionary race maintenance Provision of a culture-specific templet for the psychological assessment of ADP's mental health Guidance in clinical assessment and diagnosis of ADP using the Azibo Nosology II-apart from or in conjunction with DSMs or ICDs Explanation of contradictions in African personality/psychological functioning as inherent potentialities Provision of African-centered nomenclature and definitions for personality, mental health and associated psychological phenomena Demystification and explanation of the multidimensionality zeitgeist in the racial identity literature Explanation of when racial identity progression is actually racial identity regression Explanation of the impossibility of construct validity for regnant racial identity models of ADP Provision of prototypical profiles of abnormal and normalcy-based African personality Easy to follow affliction models for ADP, throughout the world, given in formula Explanation of ""healing"" as inseparable from sovereignty, land, and power And much more"

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