Janice D. Hamlet 
Afrocentric Visions [PDF ebook] 
Studies in Culture and Communication

Afrocentricityùthe placement of African values and ideals at the center of the discussion surrounding African culture, discourse, and behaviorùis an important framework that has emerged over the past decade. In this timely volume, editor Janice D. Hamlet has chosen essays that illuminate various aspects of African American culture, refracted through the lens of Afrocentric thought. In Part I, the basics of Afrocentric ideology and methodology are examined. Part II focuses on Afrocentric approaches to the dynamics of communication. The Afrocentric influence on the black aesthetic is covered in Part III, with an examination of language, literature, oral tradition, movies, and television. Part IV provides a glimpse into the future of Afrocentric visions.

Table of Content

Foreword – Molefi Kete Asante

PART ONE: THE AFROCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE: IDEOLOGY AND METHOD

The Deep Structure of Culture – Linda James Myers

Relevance of Traditional African Culture in Contemporary Life

A Philosophical Basis for an Afrocentric Orientation – Norman Harris

Afrocentrism and the Afrocentric Method – Terry Kershaw

PART TWO: AFROCENTRIC APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING INTERPERSONAL, GROUP AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION DYNAMICS

Afrocentric Cultural Consciousness and African American Male-Female Relationships – Yvonne Bell, Cathy Bouie and Joseph Baldwin

Rethinking Organizations from an Afrocentric Viewpoint – Jerome Schiele

Understanding African American Oratory – Janice D Hamlet

Manifestations of Nommo

Culture, Communication and Afrocentrism – John W Smith

Some Rhetorical Implications of a New World Order

PART THREE: AFROCENTRICITY AND THE BLACK AESTHETIC

The African-American Legacy in American Literature – Abu Abarry

The Way We Do – Gale Jackson

A Preliminary Investigation of the African Roots of African American Performance

Afrocentric Heroes in Theatre – Barbara J Molette and Carlton W Molette

Representing African American Women in Hollywood Movies – Patricia Hilliard-Nunn

An African-Conscious Analysis

African Americans in Television – Alice A Tait and Robert L Perry

An Afrocentric Analysis

PART FOUR: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE AFROCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE

The Functional Implications of Afrocentrism – Victor O Okafor

Communication and Development – Peter O Nwoso, Donald S Taylor and Cecil A Blake

Imperatives for an Afrocentric Methodology

Afrocentricity – Na′im Akbar

The Challenge of Implementation