The Afrocentric Paradigm

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adisa A. Alkebulan
Keyword(s):  
Afrocentric Paradigm

Afrocentric Thought in Adult Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 175-198
Author(s):  
Parris J. Baker
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
African American Students ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
American Education ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
American Students ◽  
History Of ◽  
Afrocentric Paradigm

The failure of the American education system to teach African American students has been well chronicled. This chapter draws attention to the history of Eurocentric pedagogy and its ineffectiveness to educate African American students. The principles of Afrocentricity are presented as a plausible way to counter ineffective, hegemonic, and ethnocentric curriculum planning for all students, with particular emphasis on students of color. Differentiated instruction offers adult educators a way to vary instruction and integrate an Afrocentric paradigm and content into student-centered curricula. This chapter concludes with two Afrocentric application activities.

African/Afrikan-centered Psychology

2020 ◽  
pp. 008124632097200
Author(s):  
Nhlanhla Mkhize
Keyword(s):  
African Continent ◽  
Interdisciplinary Knowledge ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Afrocentric Paradigm ◽  
Psychological Concepts

Psychology, as it is taught in most universities on the African continent, is an extension of the Eurocentric psychological paradigm. This article argues that colonization has not only led to the loss of land, it has been accompanied by the eradication of complex, interdisciplinary knowledge traditions that comprise the subject of Afrikan Psychology. The article goes on to outline the inclusive epistemology and transdisciplinary methodology that undergird Afrikan Psychology. The orientating concepts in Afrikan Psychology are introduced. The urgent need to develop interventions that are informed by the Afrocentric paradigm is highlighted. The article concludes with a call for the study of Afrikan languages to unearth the psychological concepts that are embedded in them.

The Afrocentric Paradigm

1991 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Afrocentric Paradigm

African Identity and the Provenance of the Centre for African Literary Studies: A University of KwaZulu-Natal Special Collection

Mousaion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Margaret Polak ◽  
Christine Stilwell ◽  
Peter Graham Underwood ◽  
Ruth M. Hoskins
Keyword(s):  
Literary Studies ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
African Identity ◽  
Private Collection ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Special Collection ◽  
Afrocentric Paradigm ◽  
The University

Drawing on Asante’s Afrocentric idea and the importance of location and agency in an Afrocentric paradigm, this article explores African identity. The study is located in the Centre for African Literary Studies (CALS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Pietermaritzburg, which was established to house the Lindfors private collection of African literature. This article also draws on Polak’s 2016 study, which explores the role of CALS as a UKZN special collection and the question as to whether CALS is able to fulfil its role in facilitating African studies at UKZN and in the broader community. In seeking to define African identity, the researchers conducted an in-depth literature review and, in attempting to elucidate the provenance of CALS, they relied on the findings of in-depth interviews with its founders and directors. The study was underpinned by an historical research approach. The article concludes that there is no definitive description of what African identity is. It throws light on the role of CALS in advancing African scholarship and Afrocentric research, and makes recommendations for policy and practice.

The Afrocentric Paradigm

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ama Mazama
Keyword(s):  
Afrocentric Paradigm

What’s in the Stomach is Used to Carry What’s on the Head: An Ethnographic Exploration of Food Metaphors in Efik Proverbs

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyo Offiong Mensah ◽  
Rosemary Arikpo Eni
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Dietary History ◽  
Contextual Understanding ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Afrocentric Paradigm

Food and foodways are essential components of the Efik biocultural system, as the Efik people of Southern Cross River State, Southeastern Nigeria, are famous for their rich dietary history and cuisine tradition. Food and foodways are, therefore, quintessential aspects of the Efik cultural history and social structure, which are intergenerational. This article explores the use of food symbolisms (embedded in rich metaphors) in Efik proverbs, which are perceptual frameworks or conceptual grids that highlight fundamental cultural values and mores as well as reinforce and instill acceptable social behavior. The study is rooted in the Afrocentric paradigm, which re-asserts the interpretation of Efik proverbs based on African values, perspectives, and narratives, and adds relevant ontological and epistemological analytic dimensions in operationalizing the collective and contextual understanding of Efik (African) proverbs. In this context, the Efik view the world through the lens of food, exploring the role of food and eating correlates as means of addressing their society’s psychodynamic challenges, which paradoxically are not about food.

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