Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities. This work examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society.

It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It will be essential reading for urban studies, philosophy, African and African American Studies, social work, sociology, political science, and communication.

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Ama Mazama and Paradigmatic Discourse 3 Afrocentricity: Notes on a Disciplinary Position 4 In Search of an Afrocentric Historiography 5 Kemetic Bases: The Africanness of Ancient Egypt 6 The Afrocentric Idea in Education 7 Sustaining a Relationship to Black Studies 8 Afrocentricity and History 9 The Black Nationalist Question 10 Race, Brutality, and Hegemony 11 Blackness as an Ethical Trope: Toward a Post Western Manifesto