wyszukanych pozycji: 50
The Dramatic Genius of Charles Fuller; An African American Playwright
ISBN: 9781942774013 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. BOOK OVERVIEW Charles Fuller is a pre-eminent American dramatist. The Dramatic Genius of Charles Fuller is an accessible and appropriate introduction to the mind of Fuller for those who know his work and those who do not. For an author who did not set out to be a Pulitzer Prize winner but rather one who would use every dimension of his multifaceted life to dramatize the narratives of African American people he has succeeded in being an influential voice in the dramatic arena. Few critics have examined Fuller seriously and in some ways his work, like that of other black writers, has fallen...
BOOK OVERVIEW Charles Fuller is a pre-eminent American dramatist. The Dramatic Genius of Charles Fuller is an accessible and appropriate introduction ...
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117,65 zł |
As I Run Toward Africa
ISBN: 9781612050768 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As I Run Toward Africa is Molefi Kete Asante's memoir of his extraordinary life. He takes the reader on a journey from the American South to the homes of kings in Africa. Born into a family of 16 children living in a two bedroom shack, Asante rose to become director of UCLA's Centre for Afro American Studies, editor of the Journal of Black Studies and university professor by the age of 30. The government of Ghana designated Asante as a traditional king in 1996. Asante recounts his meetings with personalities such as Wole Soyinka, Cornel West and others. This is an uplifting real-life story...
As I Run Toward Africa is Molefi Kete Asante's memoir of his extraordinary life. He takes the reader on a journey from the American South to the homes...
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197,05 zł |
AMA Mazama: The Ogunic Presence in Africology
ISBN: 9781793628923 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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442,26 zł |
Points of View
ISBN: 9781516555178 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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1274,60 zł |
Spearmasters: Introduction to African Religion
ISBN: 9780761835745 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Spear Masters contends that in Africa there exists only one religion with a vast array of "denominations." African religion is expressed in a different way by each of the denominations, which creates confusion for those who believe that there are more than one African religion. Spear Masters presents information about some of the larger and most significant expressions of the sole African religion, so that the reader will understand the relationship between God the creator and the notions of the relationship with the family and community. The term "spear master" relates to the integrity and...
Spear Masters contends that in Africa there exists only one religion with a vast array of "denominations." African religion is expressed in a differen...
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329,56 zł |
100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9781573929639 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Since 1619, when Africans first came ashore in the swampy Chesapeake region of Virginia, there have been many individuals whose achievements or strength of character in the face of monumental hardships have called attention to the genius of the African American people. This book attempts to distill from many wonderful possibilities the 100 most outstanding examples of greatness. Pioneering scholar of African American Studies Molefi Kete Asante has used four criteria in his selection: the individual's significance in the general progress of African Americans toward full equality in the...
Since 1619, when Africans first came ashore in the swampy Chesapeake region of Virginia, there have been many individuals whose achievements or streng...
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169,90 zł |
Points of View: Writings on Race from Diverse Perspectives
ISBN: 9781631899720 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Rather than advancing a single, particular perspective Points of View: Writings on Race from Diverse Perspectives exposes readers to diverse positions, ideas, and attitudes that make discourse on racial representation one of the richest sources of intellectual debate and discussion in the social sciences and liberal arts.
The sections of the anthology explore racial discrimination, ethnocentrism, nationalism and race, race and historiography, culture, European perspectives on race, icons and symbols, and resisting and erasing racism. The selected papers generate lively... "Rather than advancing a single, particular perspective Points of View: Writings on Race from Diverse Perspectives exposes readers to diverse p...
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695,16 zł |
An Afrocentric Pan Africanist Vision: Afrocentric Essays
ISBN: 9781793628954 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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464,10 zł |
African Culture: The Rhythyms of Unity
ISBN: 9780313244049 / Angielski / Twarda / 1985 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Africa, according to the contributors to this anthology, is one cultural river with numerous tributaries articulated by their specific responses to history and the environment. They concentrate on the similarities in behavior, perceptions, and technologies of African culture that tie those tributaries together. The fourteen original essays by leading scholars of African studies are organized in four general divisions which consider the ethno-cultural motif, the artistic tradition, concepts of cultural value, and cultural continua.
Africa, according to the contributors to this anthology, is one cultural river with numerous tributaries articulated by their specific responses to... |
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382,20 zł |
Afrocentric Idea Revised
ISBN: 9781566395953 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against the author's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. Rendering a critique of some postmodern positions as well as the old structured Eurocentric orientations, this title contains engagements with views expressed by Mary Lefkowitz, Paul Gilroy, and Cornel West.
Confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against the author's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. Rendering a critique of...
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119,25 zł |
Maulana Karenga: An Intellectual Portrait
ISBN: 9780745648279 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative journey through the mind of Maulana Karenga, one of the key cultural thinkers of our time. Not only is Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa, an extensive and widespread celebratory holiday based on his philosophy of Kawaida, he is an activist-scholar committed to a "dignity-affirming" life for all human beings. Asante examines the sources of Karenga's intellectual preoccupations and demonstrates that Karenga's concerns with the liberation narratives and...
In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative jour...
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300,30 zł |
The History of Africa
ISBN: 9781032396149 / Miękka / 2024 / 482 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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207,43 zł |
Radical Insurgencies
ISBN: 9781942774037 / Angielski-średniowieczny / Miękka / 2020 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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130,73 zł |
An Afrocentric Manifesto: Toward an African Renaissance
ISBN: 9780745641027 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. It strives to create new forms of discourse about Africa and the African Diaspora, impact on education through expanding curricula to be more inclusive, change the language of social institutions to reflect a more holistic universe, and revitalize conversations in Africa, Europe, and America, about an African renaissance based on commitment to fundamental ideas of agency, centeredness, and cultural location.
In An... Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three...
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300,30 zł |
The African American People: A Global History
ISBN: 9780415872553 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The African American People is the first history of the African American people to take a global look at the role African Americans have played in the world. Author Molefi Kete Asante synthesizes the familiar tale of history s effect on the African people who found themselves forcibly part of the United States with a new look at how African Americans in later generations impacted the rest of the world. Designed for a range of students studying African American History or African American Studies, The African American People takes the story from Africa to the Americas, and follows the... The African American People is the first history of the African American people to take a global look at the role African Americans have played in ... |
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238,55 zł |
Maulana Karenga: An Intellectual Portrait
ISBN: 9780745648286 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative journey through the mind of Maulana Karenga, one of the key cultural thinkers of our time. Not only is Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa, an extensive and widespread celebratory holiday based on his philosophy of Kawaida, he is an activist-scholar committed to a "dignity-affirming" life for all human beings. Asante examines the sources of Karenga's intellectual preoccupations and demonstrates that Karenga's concerns with the liberation narratives and...
In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative jour...
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92,77 zł |
Revolutionary Pedagogy, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781942774921 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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136,41 zł |
The American Demagogue, Donald Trump -Revised Ed.
ISBN: 9780974226903 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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174,30 zł |
Culture and Customs of Egypt
ISBN: 9780313317408 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Modern Egypt blends African history and geography with Arab culture and religion. With its position at the crossroads of Africa, its status as a major Islamic nation, and continuing interest in its ancient monuments, Egypt makes for fascinating study. This volume provides an accessible, up-to-date overview of a society that greatly evolved, yet retains traces of attitudes and behaviors from the days of the Pharaohs. This volume's insights into everyday life, sociopolitical structures, and cultural institutions transcend ordinary guide books. Asante, a noted Africanist,... Modern Egypt blends African history and geography with Arab culture and religion. With its position at the crossroads of Africa, its status as a ma... |
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273,00 zł |
Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation
ISBN: 9780739196717 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Facing South to Africa is a bold synthesis of the ideas that have made Afrocentric theorists the leading voices of the African renaissance. Written from the vantage point of the philosophical and political discourse that emerged over the past twenty-five years, this is a highly readable and accessible introduction to African social and cultural criticism. Molefi Kete Asante engages in the practice of critical thinking by raising fundamental questions about how Africans view themselves and the world. Tackling the themes of culture, education, social sciences, the university, politics, African...
Facing South to Africa is a bold synthesis of the ideas that have made Afrocentric theorists the leading voices of the African renaissance. Written fr...
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502,32 zł |