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Molefi Kete Asante

Born

in Valdosta, Georgia, The United States

August 14, 1942

Genre

Philosophy

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Molefi Kete Asante (born Arthur Lee Smith Jr.; August 14, 1942) is an American professor and philosopher. He is a leading figure in the fields of African-American studies, African studies, and communication studies. He is currently professor in the Department of Africology at Temple University, where he founded the PhD program in African-American Studies. He is president of the Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies.

Asante is known for his writings on Afrocentricity, a school of thought that has influenced the fields of sociology, intercultural communication, critical theory, political science, the history of Africa, and social work.He is the author of more than 66 books and the founding editor of the Journal of Black Studies.

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Average rating: 4.28 · 1,821 ratings · 117 reviews · 105 distinct works • Similar authors

	Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change 4.09 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten 3.74 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Afrocentric Idea 3.99 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Africa 3.83 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2007 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation 4.23 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Afrocentric Manifesto: Toward an African Renaissance 4.26 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Encyclopedia of African Religion 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cheikh Anta Diop: An Intellectual Portrait 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word tht passes between one's teeth is meant for something.”
― Molefi Kete Asante

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“Whoever claims the linguistic territory is key to who controls the intellectual spaces. Language is the long arm of the law in the ﬁeld of linguistic control.”
― Molefi Kete Asante, Maulana Karenga: An Intellectual Portrait

tags: language, power

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