Ama Mazama
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 615599 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ama Mazama |
| NOMBRES | Ama |
| APELLIDO | Mazama |
| FIRMA | MAZAMA A |
| AFILIACIONES | Temple University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1994 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Encyclopedia of African Religion
Africology and the Question of Disciplinary Language
This essay is a contribution to Africology’s discipline-building. It examines more particularly the importance of disciplinary language, stressing the need for clear language and consistent definitions. Of particular concern are terms like “African-centeredness” and “Africancentered” which have never been clearly defined although they are widely used. This clout, this essay argues, impedes discipline-building efforts by introducing and sustaining…
The Power of Institutionalized Disciplinarity
As Temple University’s Department of Africology celebrates the 30th anniversary of its doctoral program, the first of its kind, it is necessary to examine closely the vision and actions of the person, Molefi Kete Asante, who brought this doctoral program into existence. This close examination reveals that Asante’s contributions to African American Studies have been both substantial and institutional, and by all accounts, quite significant. Althou…
Introduction Special Issue of JBS
The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism
Reviewed by: The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism: The Practical Consciousness of the African People of Haiti by Paul C. Mocombe Ama Mazama The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism: The Practical Consciousness of the African People of Haiti. By Paul C. Mocombe. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2016. ISBN 978-0-7618-6702-9. 147 pp. $28.99. This book, comprising five chapters, presents itself as a structural Marxist analysis of Vo…
African American Homeschooling and the Quest for a Quality Education
Academic interest in homeschooling has increased over the last decade, as what was once perceived as a marginal development, has, in fact, turned into a significant and growing phenomenon. There has been, in recent years, a noticeable surge in African American involvement in the homeschooling movement as well. However, there continues to be a general paucity of research on the motivations of homeschooling Black parents. It is the purpose of this …
African American Homeschooling and the Question of Curricular Cultural Relevance
Ama Mazama, Garvey Lundy, African American Homeschooling and the Question of Curricular Cultural Relevance, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 82, No. 2, The 33rd Annual Charles H. Thompson Lecture"Stakes is High": Educating New Century Students (Spring 2013), pp. 123-138
African American Homeschooling as Racial Protectionism
Academic interest in homeschooling has increased over the past decade, as what was once perceived as a marginal development has, in fact, turned into a significant and growing phenomenon. There has been, in recent years, a noticeable surge in African American involvement in the homeschooling movement as well. However, there continues to be a general paucity of research on the motivations of homeschooling Black parents. It is the purpose of this a…
Encyclopedia of African Religion
This encyclopedia covers all aspects of African religion from dance and song to Obeah, funerals, and magic. It also contains a timeline, reader's guide, and master bibliography
Ceremonies
Naming and Defining
Although it came into existence 40 years ago, Black Studies is still referred to by many names today. This proliferation of labels attests that, indeed, the question of naming remains a sensitive one for Black Studies. However, and this is one of the main contentions of the present article, this unfinished naming process reflects a deeper and equally unsettled issue: that of self-definition. Most specifically, it is argued here that as long as Bl…
Encyclopedia of African Religion
The Barack Obama Phenomenon
Encyclopedia of Black Studies
This volume, containing over 240 signed articles, is an analysis of sociological, historical, literary and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent. A reader's guide facilitates browsing by topic and easy access to information
They Came before Columbus
Sons of Mississippi
The Afrocentric Paradigm
It has been 20 years since Molefi Asante (1980) published Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change. This book, along with The Afrocentric Idea (Asante, 1987) and Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge (Asante, 1990), introduced fundamental referential changes in the African community. Today, Afrocentricity is widely discussed in the United States, of course, but also in Africa, Europe, South and Central America, and the Caribbean. In short, it ha…
The Eurocentric Discourse On Writing
In his seminal essay on Eurocentrism, Clinton Jean (1991) explores some of the assumptions and theories elaborated by scholars that have helped justify and further the physical and conceptual tyranny of Europe over the rest of the world. Of particular relevance is the pervasiveness of evolutionary thinking and the widely accepted view that Europe, due to some inherent quality, has taken the lead on the universal path toward progress-that is, perf…
Pan-Africanism
An Afrocentric Approach To Language Planning
Afrocentrism, as an ideology committed to the liberation of African people from the destructive grips of the West, involves the displacement of the European mode of thinking and being, and its replacement by concepts, attitudes, and behaviors in tune with African values and the ultimate interest of African people. Asante (1990), who deals more specifically with Africalogy, the implications of Afrocentrism for research on African people, suggests …
African American Homeschooling and the Quest for a Quality Education
Academic interest in homeschooling has increased over the last decade, as what was once perceived as a marginal development, has, in fact, turned into a significant and growing phenomenon. There has been, in recent years, a noticeable surge in African American involvement in the homeschooling movement as well. However, there continues to be a general paucity of research on the motivations of homeschooling Black parents. It is the purpose of this …
African American Homeschooling and the Question of Curricular Cultural Relevance
Ama Mazama, Garvey Lundy, African American Homeschooling and the Question of Curricular Cultural Relevance, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 82, No. 2, The 33rd Annual Charles H. Thompson Lecture"Stakes is High": Educating New Century Students (Spring 2013), pp. 123-138
Naming and Defining
Although it came into existence 40 years ago, Black Studies is still referred to by many names today. This proliferation of labels attests that, indeed, the question of naming remains a sensitive one for Black Studies. However, and this is one of the main contentions of the present article, this unfinished naming process reflects a deeper and equally unsettled issue: that of self-definition. Most specifically, it is argued here that as long as Bl…
The Eurocentric Discourse On Writing
In his seminal essay on Eurocentrism, Clinton Jean (1991) explores some of the assumptions and theories elaborated by scholars that have helped justify and further the physical and conceptual tyranny of Europe over the rest of the world. Of particular relevance is the pervasiveness of evolutionary thinking and the widely accepted view that Europe, due to some inherent quality, has taken the lead on the universal path toward progress-that is, perf…
An Afrocentric Approach To Language Planning
Afrocentrism, as an ideology committed to the liberation of African people from the destructive grips of the West, involves the displacement of the European mode of thinking and being, and its replacement by concepts, attitudes, and behaviors in tune with African values and the ultimate interest of African people. Asante (1990), who deals more specifically with Africalogy, the implications of Afrocentrism for research on African people, suggests …
Pan-Africanism
The Eurocentric Discourse On Writing
In his seminal essay on Eurocentrism, Clinton Jean (1991) explores some of the assumptions and theories elaborated by scholars that have helped justify and further the physical and conceptual tyranny of Europe over the rest of the world. Of particular relevance is the pervasiveness of evolutionary thinking and the widely accepted view that Europe, due to some inherent quality, has taken the lead on the universal path toward progress-that is, perf…
The Afrocentric Paradigm
It has been 20 years since Molefi Asante (1980) published Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change. This book, along with The Afrocentric Idea (Asante, 1987) and Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge (Asante, 1990), introduced fundamental referential changes in the African community. Today, Afrocentricity is widely discussed in the United States, of course, but also in Africa, Europe, South and Central America, and the Caribbean. In short, it ha…
Sons of Mississippi
Encyclopedia of Black Studies
This volume, containing over 240 signed articles, is an analysis of sociological, historical, literary and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent. A reader's guide facilitates browsing by topic and easy access to information
They Came before Columbus
The Barack Obama Phenomenon
Encyclopedia of African Religion
Encyclopedia of African Religion
This encyclopedia covers all aspects of African religion from dance and song to Obeah, funerals, and magic. It also contains a timeline, reader's guide, and master bibliography
Ceremonies
Naming and Defining
Although it came into existence 40 years ago, Black Studies is still referred to by many names today. This proliferation of labels attests that, indeed, the question of naming remains a sensitive one for Black Studies. However, and this is one of the main contentions of the present article, this unfinished naming process reflects a deeper and equally unsettled issue: that of self-definition. Most specifically, it is argued here that as long as Bl…
African American Homeschooling as Racial Protectionism
Academic interest in homeschooling has increased over the past decade, as what was once perceived as a marginal development has, in fact, turned into a significant and growing phenomenon. There has been, in recent years, a noticeable surge in African American involvement in the homeschooling movement as well. However, there continues to be a general paucity of research on the motivations of homeschooling Black parents. It is the purpose of this a…
African American Homeschooling and the Question of Curricular Cultural Relevance
Ama Mazama, Garvey Lundy, African American Homeschooling and the Question of Curricular Cultural Relevance, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 82, No. 2, The 33rd Annual Charles H. Thompson Lecture"Stakes is High": Educating New Century Students (Spring 2013), pp. 123-138
African American Homeschooling and the Quest for a Quality Education
Academic interest in homeschooling has increased over the last decade, as what was once perceived as a marginal development, has, in fact, turned into a significant and growing phenomenon. There has been, in recent years, a noticeable surge in African American involvement in the homeschooling movement as well. However, there continues to be a general paucity of research on the motivations of homeschooling Black parents. It is the purpose of this …
The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism
Reviewed by: The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism: The Practical Consciousness of the African People of Haiti by Paul C. Mocombe Ama Mazama The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism: The Practical Consciousness of the African People of Haiti. By Paul C. Mocombe. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2016. ISBN 978-0-7618-6702-9. 147 pp. $28.99. This book, comprising five chapters, presents itself as a structural Marxist analysis of Vo…
The Power of Institutionalized Disciplinarity
As Temple University’s Department of Africology celebrates the 30th anniversary of its doctoral program, the first of its kind, it is necessary to examine closely the vision and actions of the person, Molefi Kete Asante, who brought this doctoral program into existence. This close examination reveals that Asante’s contributions to African American Studies have been both substantial and institutional, and by all accounts, quite significant. Althou…
Introduction Special Issue of JBS
Africology and the Question of Disciplinary Language
This essay is a contribution to Africology’s discipline-building. It examines more particularly the importance of disciplinary language, stressing the need for clear language and consistent definitions. Of particular concern are terms like “African-centeredness” and “Africancentered” which have never been clearly defined although they are widely used. This clout, this essay argues, impedes discipline-building efforts by introducing and sustaining…
Encyclopedia of African Religion
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