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Afrocentricity, Humanity and the Transforming of the Discourse around Race

Friday 13 October

Panel discussion with Dr Molefi Kete Asante and Dr Nah Dove presented by Dr Jeanette R. Davidson.

 

This program is presented and introduced by Dr. Jeanette R. Davidson on behalf of the National Council for Black Studies. The National Council for Black Studies exists to promote academic excellence and social responsibility in the discipline of Africana/ Black Studies through the production and dissemination of knowledge, professional development and training, and advocacy for social change and social justice.

Jeanette R. (Carlisle) Davidson PhD ACSW received her doctorate from the University of Texas at Arlington and is the inaugural Director of the Center for Societal Impact, in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Davidson’s texts, African American Studies (1st and 2nd edition) were published by Edinburgh University Press. She is currently completing a book, Black Lives in Scotland: Telling Our Stories also to be published by Edinburgh University Press.

Panelist members:

Molefi Kete Asante PhD received his doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles and is Professor at Temple University in the Department of Africology where he established the first Africana Studies doctoral degree program in the United States. Professor Asante is the author of more than 100 books and is recognized internationally as the foremost articulator of Afrocentricity in the world. His books include The History of Africa; Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation; and Radical Insurgencies.

Nah Dove PhD received her doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo and teaches Afronography, the Black Woman, and Afrocentric Education at Temple University in the Department of Africology. Her books include Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makes of Social Change; and The Afrocentric School.

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