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Characteristics of Womanism |
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self-naming, self-definition, self-determination |
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Major West-African Civilizations |
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the critical and systematic study of the thought and practice of African people in their current and historical unfolding, which preaches activism and active participation, education for social justice and humanity |
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7 core areas of Africana studies |
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black history, black religion, black social organization, black politics, black economics, black creative production and black psychology |
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Activist-intellectual tradition |
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ancient Egyptian socially conscious and activist intellectual (Sesh), doing Maat (truth, justice, rightness) |
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Egyptian socially conscious and activist intellectual |
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radical and social movements that led to the foundation of black studies |
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Civil Rights Movement, Black Power Movement, Free Speech Movement, Anti-Vietnam War Movement |
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Mission of Africana Studies |
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cultural grounding, academic excellence and social responsibility |
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African Heritage Studies Association founded in 1968 (women helped found it) fought to make Black studies a non-Eurocentric discipline |
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National Council for Black Studies, founded by Bertha Maxwell (1976) developed black studies core curriculum |
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1st black studies program |
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SFSU March 20, 1969 Dr. Nathan Hare of Howard University |
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black women played a large role in developing these organizations |
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AHSA, NCBS, Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference. Women fought for self0determination and self-definition |
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Akan word "to return and recover it" |
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Afrocentricity to look at Africa from an African, not Eurocentric P.O.V., Europe should not be paradigm for the world. |
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African Studies Association |
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one well-versed in many fields |
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25th dynasty: author of Victory Text |
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Cheikh Anta Diop and his basic contentions |
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Egyptian civ. as paradigm for excellence, achievement & possibilities in all disciplines |
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autobiography Nommo shows her relationship with God |
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oldest known religious texts |
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Harkuf, oldest moral/ethical text |
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Sebait (book of wise instruction) |
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Egyptian moral philosophy text |
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Piankhi: preferred treaties to warfare Ezana: defeated Noba and committed to rule them justly |
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eloquent peasant, oldest ethical texts |
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golden age in islamic civilization |
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decline of ancient African civilization |
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guns, long distance ships, capitalism |
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African name for ancient Egypt |
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a system of denial and deformation of a people's history, humanity, & right to freedom based exclusively or primarily on the specious concept of race |
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a socio-biological category designed to assign human worth and social status, using Whites as the paradigm |
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truth, justice, propriety, harmony, balance, reciprocity and order |
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shabaka text (memphite theology) |
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earliest record of divine creation |
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journalist, crusade for justice, anti-lynching |
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president of NACW (national association of colored women) |
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the truly self-mastered person |
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sacred text of Maatian tradition: speak truth, do justice, Maat is might, it is great, it endures. |
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the morally sensitive and responsive person |
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to repair and restore the world, making it more beautiful and beneficial |
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Odu Ifa sacred text of Ifa |
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asé (power and energy), dara (to do good), eniyán (chosen ones), iwa pele (gentle character), and iwa rere (good character) |
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Jaquelyn Grant, Katie Cannon, Amina Wadud and Debra Mubashir Majeed (Islamic) |
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
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Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad; Establishment of the daily prayers; Concern for and almsgiving to the needy; Self-purification through fasting; and The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able. |
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