{"product_id":"african-pyramids-of-knowledge","title":"African Pyramids of Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfrocentricity allows the student of human culture investigating African phenomena to view the world from the standpoint of the African. As Ama Mazama has argued in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Afrocentric Paradigm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Afrocentricity’s implications are multifarious and constant. Since the publication of Mazama’s book two decades ago (and spurred in turn by Dr. Asante’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e two decades before that)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e the theoretical and critical works on Afrocentricity have exploded. Dr, Asante’s current book brings us into the 21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e century with new avenues for research and critique.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReaders will learn how to:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply the Afrocentric method to transform human reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsher in a human openness to cultural pluralism unlocking of our minds for acceptance of an expansion of consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverthrow parochialism, provincialism, and narrow Wotanic visions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrate the usefulness of an Afrocentric approach, beginning with ancient Kemet, to questions of knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfrican Pyramids of Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edelves into four areas: (1) The Intellectual Landscape, which details what constitutes the discipline of Africology, (2) A Mobilization of Ideas, which discusses the hallmarks of creative and philosophical origin as they aid in the critical process of African recovery (3) Confronting the Historical Situation, which proposes new ways to deal with the historical situation and (4) Asserting the New Cultural Reality, envisioning what innovative examination of agency could accomplish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Universal Write Publications®","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47529004663017,"sku":"45052373500137","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":47529004695785,"sku":"9781942774259","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/0431\/0761\/files\/Pyramids_Cover_R2-1.jpg?v=1721093502","url":"https:\/\/uwpbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/african-pyramids-of-knowledge","provider":"Universal Write Publications®","version":"1.0","type":"link"}