Molefi Kete Asante

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Molefi Kete Asante is an American scholar and leading architect of Afrocentric theory, known for advancing Afrocentrism as a framework for understanding African and African diaspora experiences.

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instanceOf Afrocentric theorist
human
scholar
university professor
academicDegree PhD in communication
birthName Arthur Lee Smith Jr. NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1942-08-14
educatedAt Oklahoma Christian College NERFINISHED
Pepperdine University NERFINISHED
University of California, Los Angeles
employer Temple University NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
fieldOfWork African American studies NERFINISHED
African studies
Afrocentricity
communication studies
founded Department of African American Studies at Temple University NERFINISHED
Journal of Black Studies NERFINISHED
hasAcademicDiscipline Africology NERFINISHED
hasTaughtAt Purdue University NERFINISHED
State University of New York at Buffalo NERFINISHED
Temple University NERFINISHED
hasWritten more than 70 books
numerous articles on Afrocentricity
influenced development of Africology as an academic discipline
knownFor Afrocentric theory
advancing Afrocentrism
developing the concept of Afrocentricity
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Afrocentrism NERFINISHED
name Molefi Kete Asante NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableIdea centering African agency in historical and cultural analysis
notableWork Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change NERFINISHED
An Afrocentric Manifesto NERFINISHED
Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge NERFINISHED
The Afrocentric Idea NERFINISHED
occupation editor
professor
writer
placeOfBirth Valdosta, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Professor in the Department of Africology and African American Studies at Temple University
religion Christianity
spouse Ana Yeboah Asante NERFINISHED
theoreticalContribution formulation of Afrocentricity as a paradigm
website https://www.asante.net/

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