Handbook of Black Studies

The Handbook of Black Studies is the first resource to bring together research and scholarship in the field of African-American studies in one volume. Editors Molefi Kete Asante and Maulana Karenga, along with a pre-eminent group of contributors, examine various aspects of the field of Black Studies. Organized into three parts, this Handbook explores historical and cultural foundations, philosophical and conceptual bases, and critical and analytical concepts. Key Features:   Presents Historical and Cultural Foundations: More than a chronicle of black culture or black people, this volume examines the emergence and maturity of the Black Studies field. Designed to be the principal reference work for the state of the field in African American Studies, this handbook covers the intent, function, and scope of the field with some suggestions about its future directions. Explores Philosophical and Conceptual Bases: Numerous theoretical and methodological adventures are examined, as well as research practices among scholars. A comprehensive, Pan-African approach to the field is provided as the contributions to this volume are not limited to discussing one area of the African world. Addresses Critical and Analytical Concepts: Researchers demonstrating intellectual rigor through unique and interesting projects are contributors to this volume. Black Studies is portrayed in a world context, not an "ethnic" volume, but a resource dealing with an important modern discipline whose practitioners and interests cross many borders. Intended Audience:   Perfect resource for any academic library; as well as graduate students and researchers seeking to ascertain the current state of the research in African American Studies

Table of Contents:
Preface - Molefi Kete Asante and Maulana Karenga PART I: Historical and Cultural Foundations The Intellectual Basis of the Black Studies Discourse Interdisciplinary, Transdisciplinary or Unidisciplinary: Africana Studies and the Vexing Question of Definition - Ama Mazama Black to the Future: Black Studies and Network Nommo - Norman Harris Impact and Significance in the Academy African Communication Patterns and the Black Studies Inheritance - Charles Okigbo Women in the Development of Africana Studies - Delores P. Aldridge Theorizing in Black Studies Afrocentricity and Racial Socialization Among African American College Students - P. Masila Mutisya and Louie E. Ross Philosophy and Practice for Black Studies: The Case of Researching White Supremacy - Mark Christian Researching the Lives of the Enslaved: The State of the Scholarship - Katherine Olukemi Bankole Antiracism: Theorizing in the Context of Perils and Desires - George J. Sefa Dei PART II. Philosophical and Practical Bases Reflection and Knowledge Graduate Studies Programs in African American Studies - Ama Mazama Africana Critical Theory of Contemporary Society: The Role of Radical Politics, Social Theory, and Africana Philosophy - Reiland Rabaka Afrocentricity: Notes on a Disciplinary Position - Molefi Kete Asante Black Studies, Social Transformation and Education Revisiting Brown, Reaffirming Black: Reflections on Race, Law and Struggle - Maulana Karenga African American Politics: The Black Studies Perspective - Charles P. Henry Black Studies in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Daryl Zizwe Poe African American Studies Programs in North America and the Teaching of Africa: Myth, Reality, and Reconstruction - Emmanuel Ngwainmbi An African Nationalist Ideology in Diaspora and the Development Quagmire: Political Implications - Cecil Blake PART III. Critical and Analytical Measures Analytical Methods The Canons of Afrocentric Research - Ruth Reviere Africana Studies and the Problems in Egyptology: The Case of Ancient Egyptian Kinship - Troy Allen The Context of Agency: Liberating African Consciousness From Postcolonial Discourse Theory - Virgilette Nzingha Gaffin Kilombismo: An African Brazilian Orientation to Africology - Elisa Larkin Nascimento Black Studies and the Social Work Paradigm: Implications of a New Analysis - Mekada Graham The Pursuit of Africology: On the Creation and Sustaining of Black Studies - Molefi Kete Asante Data Collection and Reporting The Interview Technique as Oral History in Black Studies - Diane D. Turner Decapitated and Lynched Forms: Suggested Ways of Examining Contemporary Texts - Willie Cannon-Brown Film as Historical Method in Black Studies: Documenting the African Experience - Adeniyi Coker PART IV. The Future of the Field Sciences, Agency, and the Discipline Social Discourse Without Abandoning African Agency: An Eshuean Response to Intellectual Dilemma - Molefi Kete Asante Social Science and Systematic Inquiry in Africana Studies: Challenges for the 21st Century - James B. Stewart The Field, Function and Future of Africana Studies: Critical Reflections on Its Mission, Meaning and Methodology - Maulana Karenga Appendix. The Naming of the Discipline: The Unsettled Discourse Index About the Editors and Contributors

About the Author :
Molefi Asante is a distinguished scholar and is best known for creating the discipline of Black Studies over 25 years ago.  He is the Editor for the Journal of Black Studies (Sage) and the Encyclopedia of Black Studies (Sage Reference, 12/04  933 units, $82k LTD).  His recent research has centered on the history and present developments of African religions. Dr. Maulana Karenga is professor of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.  He received his B.A. and M.A. in  political science from UCLA, a Ph.D. in political science from United States International University and a second Ph.D. in social ethics from the University of Southern California.  An activist-scholar, he is chair of The Organization Us, National Association of Kawaida Organizations and executive director of the Kawaida Institute of Pan-African Studies.  He is also creator of the pan-African holiday Kwanzaa and author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including Introduction to Black Studies, Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture; Kawaida: A Communitarian African Philosophy; Odu Ifa: The Ethical Teachings; Selections From The Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt; and Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics. A leading scholar in the development of the discipline of Black Studies, his fields of teaching and research are: Black Studies theory and history, Africana (continental and diasporan) philosophy; ancient Egyptian (Maatian) ethics; ancient Yoruba (Ifa) ethics; African American intellectual history; ethnic relations and the socio-ethical thought of Malcolm X.  He is currently writing a book on Malcolm X and the Critique of Domination: An Ethics of Liberation.