AFAS 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Axiology, Afrocentrism, History Of Africa
30 Aug 2018
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Threee groups 1. minority who stick to colonial people 2. majority who are hesitant and indecisive 3. those that contribute tot ht movement. Africa as the nursery of science and literature p. 255. Ancient greeks represented favorite goddesses as african princesses. Great scholars would come and learn in africa. Discussing skin color o those in ancient africa. Africans had a similar complexion about them, noted by other scholars. The principal issues in afrocentric inquiry p. 256. Afrocentric enterprise is framed by cosmological, epistemological, axiological, and aesthetic issues. Either existing on our own terms or the terms of others. Racial formation - question of race is dominant in interracial relations. Culture - shared perceptions, attitudes, and predispositions that allows people to organize experiences in certain ways. Bleeding cultures - african american constitute the most heterogenous group in the us biologically, but perhaps the most homogenous socially. Gender - liberation of women is afrocentric part of history.
