Molefi Kete Asante

African-American historian and philosopher; theorist of Afrocentricity · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1942 · age 84

Molefi Kete Asante is an American philosopher who is involved in the fields of African-American studies, African studies, and communication studies. He is currently a professor in the Department of Africology at Temple University, where he founded the PhD program in African-American Studies.

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2021“Afrocentricity is a paradigm, an orientation toward data, a perspective, that says that African people are subjects, rather than objects.”In their wordsMolefi Kete Asante on Afrocentrism, Social Science Bites (2021). Molefi Kete Asante discussing Afrocentricity as an intellectual paradigm.Read the whole statement

2004Black Literary Hall of FameAward2003“Afrocentricity is a frame of reference wherein phenomena are viewed from the perspective of the African person.”In their wordsAfrocentricity (Africa World Press, revised edition, 2003).Read the whole statement

“The Afrocentric approach seeks in every situation the appropriate centrality of the African person.”In their wordsAfrocentricity (Africa World Press, revised edition, 2003).Read the whole statement

1995“Afrocentricity is simple. If you examine phenomena concerning African people, you must give them agency.”In their wordsAsante Speaks About Black History, The Harvard Crimson (1995). Molefi Kete Asante explaining the principle of agency in Afrocentric thought.Read the whole statement

“The Afrocentric idea is a transformative idea; it takes people from the margins.”In their wordsAsante Speaks About Black History, The Harvard Crimson (1995). Molefi Kete Asante discussing the transformative role of Afrocentricity.Read the whole statement

1942Born14 August 1942