Afrocentrism
Under afrocentricity means the ideological assessment of internal and external (black) African companies to black African ideas; accordingly on the basis of the values and norms developed by sub-Saharan Africans. In afrocentrism, these values , categories and beliefs are the only yardstick for thinking and acting.
history
Afrocentrism emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a result of the Afro-American people's new view of Africa through the abolition of slavery and later through the decolonization of Africa. American and African intellectuals were instrumental in the development of Afrocentrism . Afrocentrism in its current form was coined by Molefi Kete Asante , a professor at the University of Philadelphia. He organized Afrocentric courses and wrote numerous writings and books in which he explained his theories. Another founder of Afrocentrism was Cheikh Anta Diop , a Senegalese politician, historian, and physicist who formulated and advocated fundamental Afrocentric theses.
Goals and theses
The following goals and theses are to be seen as core elements of afrocentrism:
theses
- The ancient Egyptians were black Africans
- Important figures in world history such as Jesus , Socrates and Cleopatra were black
- The foundations and achievements of ancient Greek culture were "stolen" from ancient Egypt by the Greeks
- Berbers are European settlers and not indigenous Africans.
aims
- Reconstruction of the "real" history of Africa
- Breaking down negative stereotypes about (black) Africa and (black) Africans
- Emphasis on the cultural richness of Africa
- Turning away from materialism
- Overcoming and fighting Eurocentric thinking
Theorists and prominent representatives
The following people and their works are fundamental to Afrocentrism:
- Cheikh Anta Diop, founder of the hypothesis that the ancient Egyptians were black Africans, wrote the following works: The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality ; Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology ; Precolonial Black Africa ; The Cultural Unity of Black Africa: The Domains of Patriarchy and of Matriarchy in Classical Antiquity ; The Peopling of Ancient Egypt & the Deciphering of the Meroitic Script
- Molefi Kete Asante, professor in Philadelphia, runs an Afrocentric website, author of the following works: Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change ; The Afrocentric Idea ; The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten
- Jacob Carruthers, Egyptologist
- JA Rage, dedicated to research into the phenomenon of racism and the commitment to equality , wrote the following works: ex and Race: Negro-Caucasian Mixing in All Ages and All Lands: The Old World ; Nature Knows No Color Line ; Sex and Race: A History of White, Negro, and Indian Miscegenation in the Two Americas: The New World ; 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro
literature
- Thomas Reinhardt: History of Afrocentrism. Imagined Africa and Afro-American Identity , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-019947-7 .
Web links
- http://www.asante.net/ (site by Molefi Kete Asante)
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of Africa: The philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah explains the crux of racism . In: The time . February 17, 2011, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed May 19, 2017]).
- ↑ Afrocentrism. Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
- ^ ZAG 47 Afrocentrism. Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Amon Hotep: raceandhistory.com - CHEIKH ANTA DIOP. Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Biography | Dr. Molefi Kete Asante. Retrieved May 19, 2017 .