Lexington Books
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978-1-4985-9498-1 • Hardback • October 2019 • $160.00 • (£123.00)
978-1-4985-9499-8 • eBook • October 2019 • $152.00 • (£117.00)
Abdul Karim Bangura is researcher-in-residence of Abrahamic connections and Islamic peace studies at American University and director of The African Institution.
Introduction
Chapter One: A Survey of Mwalimu Asante’s Treatises on Afrocentricity
Chapter Two: Mwalimu Mazrui’s Afrenaissance
Chapter Three: Nantambu’s Pan-African Nationalism Approach
Chapter Four: Collins’ Afrocentric Feminist Epistemology
Chapter Five: Hudson-Weems Africana Womanism Theory
Chapter Six: Mazama’s Afrocentric Spirituality
Chapter Seven: Bangura’s Ubuntugogy
Chapter Eight: Bangura’s African Mathematization
Chapter Nine: Bangura’s African-centered Computational Techniques
Chapter Ten: Schiele’s Afrocentric Organizational Theory
Chapter Eleven: Schiele’s Afrocentric Social Work Practice Paradigm and Social Welfare Philosophy and Policy
Chapter Twelve: Pellebon’s Asante-Based Afrocentricity Scale
Chapter Thirteen: Miike’s Asiacentricity
Chapter Fourteen: Kondo’s Black Consciousness Epistemology
Conclusion
An extraordinary scholar has written on Molefi Asante—the most prominent Afro-centric scholar in the world—elucidating the impact of the multiple knowledges that emerged around his work and legacy. This is a rewarding book that will facilitate engagement with a critical paradigm in the study of Africa. It offers deep understanding of African people and the urgency of situating their realities and struggles within epistemologies tied to power structures.
— Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Branches of Asanteism is the first of its kind, an exhaustive resource for research education. An enormous undertaking that covers thirteen salient epistemologies and research methodologies, Abdul Bangura delivers to readers in-depth definitions and analyses of some of the following: Afrocentricity, Asiacentric, Afrocentric Feminist Epistemology, Ethnic Studies, Afrenaissance, Ubuntugogy, and African Mathematization. Regardless of your world view, Branches of Asanteism is a treasure trove and a must-read and must-have gift for educators, students, and scholars.
— Onimi Wilcox, Lee College