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MOLEFI KETE ASANTE

CURRENT POSITION:   

Professor 
Department of African American Studies  
Temple University 025-26 
1115 W. Berks Mall
Philadelphia PA 19122  

CORRESPONDENCE:  

Website: http://www.asante.net   (Email:masante@temple.edu)

Office Fax: 215-782-8411
Office Phone: 215-204-4322 

Engagement Phone: 215-782-3214/Ana Yenenga

 

EDUCATION:  

Ph.D., Communication, University of California, Los Angeles, 1968
M.A., Communication, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, 1965
B.A., Communication, Oklahoma Christian College, 1964

L'Université Catholique de l'Ouest, CIDEF, Angers , 2002

Diploma in French

Languages Read or Studied : Akan, Ebonics, Yoruba, Kiswahili, Middle Egyptian (Mdw Ntr), Portuguese, Arabic, Greek, English, French, Spanish, German, and Latin,

Hobbies: Poetry, Painting, Gardening, Basketball, Astronomy 

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS :

Professor, Department of African American Studies, since 1984-Current

Professor and Chair, Department of African American Studies, Temple University, l984-1996 (Created the first PH.D. program in African American Studies)

Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, State University of New York at Buffalo , 1973-1982 (Re-organized the Graduate Programs in Communication)

Professor and Chair, Department of Black Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo , 1977-79 (Served concurrently as chairs of two departments)

Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Director, Center for Afro American Studies, UCLA, 1969-73 (Founded the Journal of Black Studies , created the African American Library, and wrote the MA program)

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Purdue University, 1968-69. (Advisor to the Black Student Organization, Invited Mark Hampton and Julian Bond to campus)

Visiting Professorships:

Florida State University , Communication, 1972

Howard University , Communication, 1979-80; 1995

Zimbabwe Institute of Mass Communication, 1981-82 (Trained first set of Zimbabwean journalists after the Second Chimurenga)

PUBLICATIONS  

BOOKS :  

Molefi Kete Asante , An Afrocentric Manifesto: Toward an African Renaissance . Cambridge , England : Polity Press, 2007

Molefi Kete Asante , The History of Africa , Oxford and New York :: Routledge, 2007

Molefi Kete Asante and Emeka Nwadiora, Spear Masters: Introduction to African Religion . Lanham , Md. : University Press of America , 2007

Molefi Kete Asante , Cheikh Anta Diop: An Intellectual Portrait . Los Angeles : University of Sankore Press 2006

Molefi Kete Asante , Rhetoric, Race, and Identity: The Architecton of Soul . Amherst , NY : Prometheus Books, 2005

Molefi Kete Asante and Maulana Karenga, eds., Handbook of Black Studies . Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2005.

 

Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2005.

Molefi Kete Asante , Erasing Racism: The Social Survival of the American Nation . Amherst : NY: Prometheus Books, 2003

Molefi Kete Asante , Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change , 2 nd Edition . Chicago : African American Images, 2003.

Molefi Kete Asante , Customs and Culture of Modern Egypt . Westport , CT : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Molefi Kete Asante , 100 Greatest African Americans . Amherst : Prometheus Books, 2002.

Molefi Kete Asante, Scattered to the Wind, fiction, (a African metaphorical saga). Princeton : Sungai Books, 2002.

 

Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama, (eds.) Egypt , Greece , and the American Academy . Chicago : AA Images, 2002

 

Virginia Millhouse, Molefi Asante , and Peter Nwosu., (Eds), Transcultural Realities . Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2001.

 

E. J. Min and Molefi Kete Asante , (Eds.) Social Conflict Between African Americans and Korean American s. Alexandria , Va. : University Press of America , 2000.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , African American History . Saddle Brook , N.J. : Peoples Publishing Group, 2001, Second Edition.

Molefi Kete Asante, Charmaine Harris-Stewart, Theresa Flynn-Nason, and David J. Glunt, Teacher's Guide for African American History, Second Edition. Maywood , New Jersey : Peoples Publishing Group, 2001.

Molefi Kete Asante , Charmaine Harris-Stewart, Theresa Flynn-Nason, and David J. Glunt, Worktext for African American History, Second Edition. Maywood , New Jersey : Peoples Publishing Group, 2001

Molefi Kete Asante and Judylynn Mitchell, Discovery Essays for Teachers. Philadelphia : Ankh Publishers, 2001.

Molefi Kete Asante , The Egyptian Philosophers. Chicago : African American Images, 2000.

Molefi Kete Asante , The Painful Demise of Eurocentrism . Trenton : Africa World Press, 2000.

Molefi Kete Asante , Scream of Blood: Desettlerism in Southern Africa . Princeton : Sungai Books, 1999.

Molefi Kete Asante and Mark Mattson, African American Atlas . (2 nd Edition) New York : Simon and Schuster, 1999.

Molefi Kete Asante , The Afrocentric Idea. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, Revised and Expanded 2 nd Edition, 1998 .  

Molefi Kete Asante and Renee Muntaqim , African American Names. Maywood , N.J. : Peoples Publishing Group, 1997. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Augusta Mann, Activity Book for African American History . Maywood , New Jersey::Peoples Publishing Group, 1997 (Pedagogy)

Molefi Kete Asante, Charmaine Harris-Stewart, and Augusta Mann, Teacher's Guide for African American History . Maywood , New Jersey : Peoples Publishing Group, 1997. (Pedagogy)

Molefi Kete Asante , Love Dance . Trenton : Sungai Press, 1996. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Judylynn Mitchell, Classical African Activity Book . Maywood , New Jersey : Peoples Publishing Group, 1996. (Pedagogy)

Molefi Kete Asante and Abu Abarry (Eds.), African Intellectual Heritage, Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1996.    

Molefi Kete Asante (Ed.), In Their Faces: Situating Alternatives to Afrocentricity, Philadelphia : Temple Institute for Advanced Afrocentric Research, (unpublished)1994. 

Molefi Kete Asante , African American History: A Journey of Liberation , Maywood , N.J. : Peoples Publishing Group, An Asante Imprint Book, 1995

Molefi Kete Asante , Malcolm X as Cultural Hero and Other Afrocentric Essays, Trenton : Africa World Press, 1995. 

Molefi Kete Asante, Classical Africa (part of the Asante Imprint series of high school textbooks), Maywood , N.J. : Peoples Publishing Group, Inc., 1993. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Dhyana Ziegler, Thunder and Silence: The Mass Media in Africa , Trenton : Africa World Press, 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , The Book of African Names , Trenton : Africa World Press, 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Mark Mattson, Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans, New York : MacMillan, 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge , Trenton : Africa World Press, 1990. 

Molefi Kete Asante , Umfundalai: Afrocentric Rites of Passage, Philadelphia : National Afrocentric Institute, 1989. 

Molefi Kete Asante , The Afrocentric Idea, Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1987. (First Edition) 

Molefi Kete Asante , Afrocentricity , 3rd edition, Trenton : Africa World Press, 1987. 

Molefi Kete Asante and W. Gudykunst (Eds.), Handbook of Intercultural and International Communication, Thousand Oaks , Calif. : Sage Publications, 1989. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante (Eds.), African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity, Westport , Ct. : Greenwood Press, 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante (Ed.), International Press Seminar Proceedings, Harare : Ranche House, 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante , Research in Mass Communication: A Guide to Practice, Harare , Zimbabwe : ZIMCO, 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante , African Myths: New Frames of Reference, Harare , Zimbabwe : ZIMCO, 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante , et. al ., Media Training Needs in Zimbabwe , Harare : Mass Media Trust and Friedrich Naumann Foundation, 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante , Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change, Buffalo: Amulefi Publishing Company, 1980. 

Molefi Kete Asante and A. Sarr Vandi (Eds.), Contemporary Black Thought, Thousand Oaks , Calif. : Sage Publications, 1980. 

Molefi Kete Asante , E. Newmark, and C. Blake (Eds.), Handbook of Intercultural Communication, Beverly Hills , Calif. : Sage Publications, 1979. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Mary Cassata, Mass Communication: Principles and Practices, New York : MacMillan, 1979. 

Molefi Kete Asante , Epic in Search of African Kings , Buffalo : Amulefi Publishing Company, 1978. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Mary Cassata (Eds.), The Social Uses of Mass Communication, Buffalo: SUNY Communication Research Center , 1977. 

Molefi Kete Asante and J. Frye, Contemporary Public Communication, New York : Harper and Row, 1976. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Eileen Newmark, Intercultural Communication : Theory Into Practice, Alexandria , VA. : Speech Communication Association, 1976. 

Molefi Kete Asante , African and Afro-American Communication Continuities, Buffalo : SUNY Center for International Affairs, 1975. 

Molefi Kete Asante [Arthur L. Smith], Transracial Communication, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1973. 

Molefi Kete Asante [Arthur L. Smith], Language, Communication, and Rhetoric in Black America , New York : Harper and Row, 1972. 

Molefi Kete Asante [Arthur L. Smith] and Steve Robb (Eds.), The Voice of Black Rhetoric, Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante [Arthur L. Smith], Anne Allen, and Deluvina Hernandez, How to Talk to People of Other Races, Los Angeles : Transcultural Education Foundation, 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante [Arthur L. Smith], Toward Transracial Communication, Los Angeles : UCLA Center for Afro-American Studies, 1970. 

Molefi Kete Asante [Arthur L. Smith] and Andrea Rich, Rhetoric of Revolution, Durham , N.C.: Moore Publishing Company, 1970. 

Molefi Kete Asante [Arthur L. Smith], The Rhetoric of Black Revolution, Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1969. 

Molefi Kete Asante [Arthur L. Smith], Break of Dawn, Philadelphia : Dorrance Company, 1964. 

 

 

 

CHAPTERS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:  

 

Molefi Kete Asante , Afrocentricity and the European Hegemony of Knowledge: Contradictions of Place, in Joseph Young and Jana Evans Braziel, Race and the Foundations of Knowledge . Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2006.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “ Blackness as an Ethical Trope: Toward a Post Western Assertion,” in George Yancey, White on White/Black on Black . Rowman and Littlefield, 2005.

Molefi Kete Asante , “Sustaining Africology: On the Creation and Development of a Discipline,” in Lewis R. Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon, eds. A Companion to African American Studies. Blackwell Publishers, 2005.

Molefi Kete Asante , “The Afrocentric Idea,” in Ronald Jackson, African American Communication Identities: Essential Readings . Thousand Oaks , Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003 .

 

Molefi Kete Asante, “L'idéologie de la supériorité raciale comme fondement de la déportation d'Africains par les Européens,” in Isabel Castro Henriques et Louis Sala-Molins, Déraison, esclavage, et droit: Less fondements ideologiques et juridiques de la traite négrière et de l'eslcavage . Paris : EDITIONS UNESCO, 2003.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “The Future of African American Rhetoric,” in Ronald Jackson and Elaine Richardson, eds. Understanding African American Rhetoric: Classical Origins to Contemporary Innovations . New York : Routledge, 2003.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Racism, Consciousness, and Afrocentricity,” in William Banks, ed., The Anthology of African American Social and Political Thought . New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Afrocentricity and the Decline of Western Hegemonic Thought: A Critique of Eurocentric Theory and Practice,” in Mark Christian, ed., Black Identity in the 20 th Century: Expressions of the US and UK African Diaspora . London : Hansib, 2002.

 

 

Molefi Kete Asante, “Language and Agency in the Transformation of American Identity,” in Conversation in America : Changing Rules, Hidden Dimensions , edited by William F. Eadie and Paul E. Nelson. Thousand Oaks , CA.: Sage Publications, 2000.

Molefi Kete Asante , "An Afrocentric Location of the African German, " in The African German Experience: Critical Essays edited by Aisha Blackshire-Belay, Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Publishing, l997. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "The Egyptian Origin of Rhetoric and Oratory", In Kemet and the African Worldview , edited by Maulana Karenga and Jacob Carruthers, University of Sankore Press, 1986. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Afrocentricity and Culture", In African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity, edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante, Greenwood Press, 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "The African Essence in African American Language", In African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity, edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante, Greenwood Press, 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante, "Bibliographic Essay in African Culture", In African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity, edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante, Greenwood Press, 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante, "Great Zimbabwe: An Ancient African City-State", In Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern, edited by Ivan Van Sertima, Transaction Books, 1983. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Black Male and Female Communications in an Afrocentric Relationship", In The Black Male , edited by Lawrence Gary, Sage Publications, 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Television and the Language Socialization of Black Children", In Television and the Socialization of the Minority Child, edited by Gordon Berry and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, Academic Press, 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Erika Vora, "Different Philosophical Approaches to Intercultural Communication", In Intercultural Communication Theory , edited by Gudykunst, Sage Publications, 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Intercultural Communication", In Education in the Eighties, edited by Gus Friedrich, NEA-SCA, 1981. 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Notes on the Demystification of the Intercultural Encounter,” Communication Yearbook (5) p. 345.

Molefi Kete Asante, "The Communication Person in Society", In Contemporary Black Thought, edited by Molefi Kete Asante and A. Vandi, Sage, 1980. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "International and Intercultural Relations", In Contemporary Black Thought, edited by Molefi Kete Asante and A. Vandi, Sage, 1980. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Television's Impact on Black Children's Language", In Contemporary Black Thought, edited by Molefi Kete Asante and A. Vandi, Sage, 1980. 

 

Molefi Kete Asante and Alene Barnes, "The Demystification of the Intercultural Encounter", In Handbook of Intercultural Communication, edited by Molefi Kete Asante, E. Newmark, and C. Blake, Sage, 1979. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Theoretical Issues in Black Communication", In Black Communication , edited by Jack Daniel, Speech Communication Association, 1974. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Black Revolution: 1954 to the Present", In America in Controversy, edited by DeWitte Holland, W.C. Brown, 1973. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Interpersonal Communication within Transracial Contexts", In Speech Communication Behavior , edited by L. Barker and R. Kibler, Prentice-Hall, 1971. [Reprinted in Intercultural Communication, edited by L. Samovar and R. Porter, Wadsworth , 1972. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Toward a Revolutionary Rhetoric", In Return to Vision, edited by Cherry, et. al., Houghton Mifflin, 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "The Language of Black Messianism: The Case of Nat Turner, In Topics in Afro-American Studies, edited by Henry Richards, Black Academy Press, 1971. 

 

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS:  

 

Molefi Kete Asante (2006) “ Egypt ,” in F. Abiola Irele and Dr. Biodun Jeyifo, eds. Encyclopedia of African Thought. New York : Taylor and Francis

Molefi Kete Asante (2006) “Book of the Dead,” in F. Abiola Irele and Dr. Biodun

Jeyifo, eds., Encyclopedia of African Thought . New York : Taylor and Francis.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “African Renaissance,” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications,

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Africology: Opposition” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Afrocentric Creed” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Afrocentric Criticism” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

Molefi Kete Asante , ( 2005Afrocentric Schools

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Afrocultural Theory” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Afronography” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Ancestor Veneration” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Back to Africa Movement” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Black Codes” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds. Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Black Consciousness Movement” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Black Studies: City College of New York ” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds ., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Diopian Historiography” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Ebonics” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Eurocentrism” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “ Highlander Folk School ” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Messianism” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Popular Traditional African Religion Everywhere (PTARE)” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Protest Pressure” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “Reconstruction” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “ Temple Circle ” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “They Came from Columbus ” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante , (2005) “ U. S. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

Molefi Kete Asante, (2005) “Vesey's Conspiracy” in M. K. Asante and Ama Mazama, eds., Encyclopedia of Black Studies . Thousands Oaks, California : Sage Publications

 

M olefi Kete Asante , “Culture, History, and a Rise of African Consciousness: A Predicate for Academic Excellence,” Encore: Journal of the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts , 2003.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “The African Ancestral World: Seeing the Unseen,” Encore : Journal of the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts , 2002.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Analytic Afrocentricity,” Current Perspectives in Social Theory . Volume 22, 2003

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Criminal Archetypes in the 2000 Presidential Election: How Black Votes Were Stolen,” Black Scholar , August 2001.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Contesting Ancient African History: Assumptions and Claims of Eurocentric Historians,” African Centred Review , June, 2000 .

 

Molefi Kete Asante, “Wonders of the African World: A Eurocentric Enterprise,” Black Scholar , volume 30, No. 1, Spring, 2000.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “African Americans as Africans,” Diogenes , 1998. [First scholarly article to use Ebonics as research language (abstract)]

 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Naming of a People: Attending to First Things First," Lincoln University , 1996.  

Molefi Kete Asante , "Multiculturalism in the Academy," Academe, June, 1996. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "African American Plays NOT written," International Journal of Black Drama, September, 1996. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentric Curriculum", Educational Leadership , June 1992. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Painful Demise of Eurocentrism", The World and I , March 1992. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Afrocentric Renaissance: The Role of the Scientists and Technicians, Journal of the National Technical Association , July 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Multiculturalism: An Exchange", The American Scholar , Spring 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentricity and the Critique of Drama", Western Journal of Black Studies, Spring 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentricity and Gender", New Essence , Spring 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentricity and the Human Future", Black Books Bulletin , Spring 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Afrocentric Idea in Education", Journal of Negro Education , April 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentricity and the African American Student: A Challenge", Black Collegian , March 1991. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Tradition of Advocacy in the Yoruba Courts", Southern Communication Journal , Spring 1990. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Build Lessons from Students' Heritage", NJEA Review , February 1989. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentric Theory", Critical Social Issues , Spring 1987. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "A Six State Continent", African Concord , January 1987. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "A Review of Nathan Huggins' Report on Afro-American Studies to the Ford Foundation", Journal of Black Studies , December 1986. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Notes on the Crisis of Martin Kilson", Dissent , Summer 1986. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Deborah Atwater, "Rhetorical Condition as Symbolic Discourse", Communication Quarterly , Spring 1986. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Alice Davis, "Black and White Communication: Analyzing Workplace Encounters, Journal of Black Studies , September 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Rhetorical Alliances in the Civil Rights Era", Negro Educational Review, January 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The African American Mode of Transcendence", Journal of Transpersonal Psychology , Autumn 1984. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Kyong Liong Kim, "Realizing a New World Information Order", Journal of Communication , Autumn 1984. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "A Metaphor Centered Rhetoric of Movements", Encoder , Summer 1984. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Hana Noor Al-Deen, "Social Interaction of Black and White College Students", Journal of Black Studies , June 1984. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Blacks and White TV", Journal of Communication , Autumn 1983. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Ideological Significance of Afrocentricity in Intercultural Communication", Journal of Black Studies , September 1983. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Impact of New Communication Technology on Culture in Africa ", Encoder , Summer 1983. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante , "Great Zimbabwe : Seat of Ancient African Civilization", Journal of African Civilization , Spring 1983. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Guang Yu Xie [Hsieh], "Media and Criticism in China : The Case of the Cultural Revolution", International Journal of Intercultural Relations , Spring 1983. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Kristina Gonzales, "Power and Sex on Daytime Television", Journal of Popular Culture , Winter 1983. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Communication: A Field of Study for the Next Hundred Years", Chinese Science and Technology Review , 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "A Context for African American Reading Research", Journal of Language Arts and Communication , October 1981. 

Molefi Kete Asante and A. Odejide, "Advocacy in Yoruba", Review of Afro-American Issues and Cultures, Summer 1981. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh Asante , "Myth: The Communication Dimension to the African American Mind", Journal of Black Studies , June 1981. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Walter Rodney: In Memoriam", Journal of Black Studies , March 1981. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Notes on Demystification of the Intercultural Encounter", Communication Yearbook , 1981. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Language Arts and Communication at Ibadan ", Language Artist, September 1980. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentricity and Negritude: Two African Perspectives", Palestine Review , Summer 1980. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Erika Vora, "Sadat and Begin in Jerusalem : A Content Analysis", Peace Research , 1980. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Politics of Black Language", Review of Afro-American Issues and Cultures, Summer 1979. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Michael Appiah, "The Rhetoric of the Akan Drum", Western Journal of Black Studies, Spring 1979. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Systematic Nationalism: A Legitimate Strategy for National Selfhood", Journal of Black Studies , September 1978. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Television and Black Consciousness", Journal of Communication , Autumn 1976. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Rhetoric and Race: The American Conundrum", Encore: The Journal of NADSA, April 1975. 

Molefi Kete Asante, "Where Have all the Country Speakers Gone?" Common Threads , 1974. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Peter Andersen, "Transracial Communication and the Changing Image of Black Americans", Journal of Black Studies , September 1973. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Styling in Black Communication", Encore , April 1973. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Review of the Radical Attitudes of American Presidents and the Politics of Civil Rights in the Truman Administration", Quarterly Journal of Speech , August 1972. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "What's the Score on Black Studies?", Today's Education , January 1972. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Shadows of Men: Reflections in Symbols", Colorado Journal of Educational Research , Winter 1972. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Research in Black Communication", Speech Abstracts , December 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Some Characteristics of the Black Religious Audience", Speech Monographs , August 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Some Emerging Language Uses on the Public Platform", Language Quarterly , Spring 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Markings of an African Concept of Rhetoric", Today's Speech , March 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Nature of Rhetorical Invention", Speech Abstracts , December 1970. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Socio-Historical Perspectives of Black Oratory", Quarterly Journal of Black Speech, October 1970. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Urban Protest Rhetoric", Urban Research , September 14, 1970 .

Molefi Kete Asante , " Henry Highland Garnet: Black Revolutionary in Sheep's Vestments", Central States Speech Journal , Summer 1970. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Critical Dimensions in Black Rhetoric", Encore, April 1970. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Andrea Rich, "An Approach to Teaching Interracial Communication", Speech Teacher , March 1970. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Building a Black History Course: A Rhetorical Perspective", Speech Abstracts , December 1969. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "A Pluralistic Rhetoric for a Multi-ethnic Society", Relevance , Fall 1969. 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCE WORKS :  

Molefi Kete Asante, contributor to Encyclopedia of African American Education , 2007, essay on Journal of Black Studies .

Molefi Kete Asante, contributor to Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora , 2005, essay on Afrocentricity.

Molefi Kete Asante, contributor to Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Macmillan, 1991, essay on African Americans. 

Molefi Kete Asante, contributor to Encyclopedia Britannica, 1995, essay on Afrocentricity 

Molefi Kete Asante, contributor to Oxford Companion to African American Literature, 1996, essay on Afrocentricity. 

 

Molefi Kete Asante, contributor to Revised Encarta Africana , Microsoft, 2001, essays on Maulana Karenga and Afrocentricity

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS :  

Molefi Kete Asante , "Intercultural Communication: An Afrocentric Inquiry", Proceedings of the Bellagio Conference on Black Communication , Rockefeller Foundation, 1980. 

Molefi Kete Asante and E. Newmark , "The Perception of Self: An Approach to Intercultural Communication", 2nd Annual Conference Proceedings of Intercultural Communication, Speech Communication Association, 1976. 

 

BOOK FOREWORDS:

 

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to H. V. Nelson, Black Leadership Responds to Crises: The Great Depression in Philadelphia . Edwin Mellen Publishers, 2006.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to Adeniyi Coker , Ola Rotimi.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to Peter Nwosu, Chuka Onwumechili and Ritchard M'Bayo, Communication and the Transformation of Society . Lanham , Md. : University Press of America , 2001

 

Molefi Kete Asante, Foreword to Jemal Freeman's , Heru Bekhatet: Heru Rising: The Quest for Maat , New York

 

 Molefi Kete Asante, Foreword to Daniel Mengara's Images of Africa: Stereotypes and Realities, Trenton : Africa World Press, 2000

 

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to Thomas Socha and Rhunette Diggs” Communication, Race and Family . New York : Erlbaum, 1999.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to Richard Poe, Black Spark, White Fire , New York : Prima, 1998

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to Linda Jackson's Ebonics Dictionary , Memphis , 1997. 

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to Walter Gill's, Alternatives in Social Actions , 1997. 

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to Janet Hamlet's Afrocentricity and Communication ., 1997. 

Molefi Kete Asante , Foreword to Theophile Obenga's A Lost Tradition: African Philosophy in World History, Philadelphia : Source Editions, 1995. 

Molefi Kete Asante, Foreword to Transcending Psychoneurotic Disturbance , written by Edward Bruce Bynum, Haworth Press, 1994. 

Molefi Kete Asante, Foreword to Dancing to Future Music , written by Obidike Nyako Kamau, Houston , 1987. 

Molefi Kete Asante, Foreword to Religion, Geopolitics, and Technology in the 21st Century, written by S.O. Wey and Eghosa Osagie, Ogiso Publishers, 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante, Foreword to South Africa: The Press and Politics of Liberation , written by Chenhamo Chimutengwende, Barbican, 1978. 

 

ARTICLES:

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Racism: The Problem that Won't Go Away,” Philadelphia Tribune, January 2005. 

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “The Recent Documentary on Marcus Garvey: What Price the Destruction of A Black Hero?” Contrast, New York , May, 2001.

Molefi Kete Asante , "Quitting: I Quit Wearing a Tie," Utne Reader , September, 1996. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Many Fallacies of Mary Lefkowitz," Emerge Magazine , July 1996. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Let the Music Speak," Straight from the Streets , September, 1996. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Debate with Mary Lefkowitz," Source Magazine , July, 1996. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Situation in Liberia ", The Nigerian Mail , October 1, 1990 . 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Case for Multicultural Literacy", Temple Review , September 1989. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "In the Matter of Men", Philadelphia New Observer , May 1989. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "In the Matter of Men", Buffalo Challenger , May 1987. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Disease of Racism", Philadelphia New Observer , April 15, 1987 . 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Black Studies and Cheyney University ", Philadelphia Tribune , April 1987. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Time Running Out in South Africa ", Philadelphia Tribune , October 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Mugabe's Victory in Zimbabwe ", Philadelphia Tribune , July 19, 1985 . 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Tragedy of Moving MOVE", Philadelphia Tribune , June-July 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Tragedy of Moving MOVE", Philadelphia Daily News , June-July 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Werner's Short History of African Art: A Review", Philadelphia Daily News , March 1985. 

Molefi Kete Asante and Cindy McQueen, "TV Can Hurt Black Children", Philadelphia Tribune, December 1984. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Pan Africanism", PANA Newsletter , January 1984. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Metamorphosis of the University of Zimbabwe ", Reporter , March 1983. 

Molefi Kete Asante , " Zimbabwe Update", Buffalo Challenger , June 1981. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Struggle for Namibia ", Buffalo Challenger , February 28, 1981 . 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Shango, Ogun, and Me at Kissing Bridge ", Essence , February 1981. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Kariamu and Company: On the Wings of Ecstasy", Essence , April 1977. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Can Librarians Cope With the 21st Century?", New York State Library Association Bulletin, November 1976. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "A Metatheory of Black Communicative Behavior", NADSA Newsletter, September 1974. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Flesh Colored Bandaids Show Subtle Racism" Los Angeles Times , June 13, 1972 . 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Culturally Diverse Symbols in Curricula", NEA Magazine , 1971. 

 

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS:  

 

Molefi Kete Asante , Jeffery Tucker, Samuel Delany . African American Review. Spring, 2006

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Ama Mazama, ed., The Afrocentric Paradigm . Trenton : Africa World Press, 2003, in Journal of Black Social and Political Thought , 2003.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Edwin M. Yamauchi, ed., Africa and Africans in Antiquity . East Lansing , Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2001, in Research in African Studies , 2003

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Michael C.Dawson, Black Visions: The Roots of Contemporary African-American Political Ideologies. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002, Journal of Black Studies , 2003.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Multiracial Identity,” by Mark Christian, in Journal of Black Studies, 2001.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Against Race,” by Paul Gilroy, in Journal of Black Studies , June, 2001.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Race and the Writing of History,” by Maghan Sundiata, in Journal of Black Studies , May, 2001.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Afrotopia,” by Wilson Moses, in Journal of World History , Spring, 2001, Volume 12, No. 1.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “Exodus,” by Eddie Glaude, in Journal of Black Studies , September, 2000.

 

Molefi Kete Asante , “In Search of Africa ,” by Manthia Diawara , in Academe , 1999.

 

Molefi Kete Asante, “Black Athena Revisited,” in Research in African Literature , volume 29, No. 1, Spring 1998.

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentrism and World Politics," by Errol Henderson, American Political Quarterly Review, 1997 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Operationalising Afrocentrism", by Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, African Peoples Review , December 1994. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches From the Wellesley Battlefront", by Tony Martin, Journal of Black Studies , December 1994. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal", by Andrew Hacker , Journal of Black Studies , December 1992. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Afrocentric Concepts in African Historiography", Research in African Literature , January 1992. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Other Side of Racism", by Anne Wortham, Black Books Bulletin, Summer 1982. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Black Preacher in America ", by Charles Hamilton, Quarterly Journal of Speech, April 1973. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Black Preaching", Quarterly Journal of Speech , October 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "A Dictionary of Afro-American Slang", Quarterly Journal of Speech, August 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "The Relevant Rhetoric", Journal of Communication , Spring 1971. 

Molefi Kete Asante , "Johnson Reprint Series", Journal of Black Studies, Spring 1971. 

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS/CONFERENCES:  

 

50 th Anniversary Conference of l956th Black Writers Conference in Paris, Plenary Session, UNESCO and W.E.B. Du Bois Center, Paris, September 20-23, 2006

Kemetic Conference on African History and Culture, Abu Simbel , August 12, 2006

 

First International Conference on L'Afrocentricite held in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso , CACS, March 1-4, 2005.

 

Open Center , New York , “Erasing Racism” December 10, 2004

 

Rio de Janeiro , Arquivo Nacional, Keynote Presenter, Memorial to African Brazilian Scholar-Artist, Abdias do Nascimento, November 2004

 

African Union, Congress of African Intellectuals, one of the twelve plenary presenters at the congress held in Dakar , Senegal , October 2004

 

Celebration of South Africa 's 10 th Year of Freedom, Keynote Speaker, Johannesburg , March, 2004

 

National Communication Association, Three Programs, New Orleans , December 2002

 

NABSE, Scholar-in-Residence, Atlanta , November, 2002

 

African Business and Culture Conference, Keynote Lecture, London , April, 2002

 

Annual Multicultural Conference, University of Wisconsin , La Crosse , Keynoter, 2001

 

Sixth Annual Nile Valley Conference, Aswan , Egypt , August 2001

 

Dia De Los Negros , A Celebration of Marcus Garvey, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, August 2000.

 

Africa 2000, University of Liverpool , United Kingdom , August, 2000.

 

The Future of African Gods, W.E.B. Du Bois Center, Accra , Ghana , July 1998

 

Race and Racism in Europe, International European Conference Against Racism, Verona , Italy , Keynoter

Johns Hopkins Conference on the Impact of Afrocentricity on Egyptology: Debating Afrocentrism in the Academy, Baltimore , 1996. 

Speech Communication Association Annual Conference, San Antonio , Keynote, 1995. 

NABSE, Scholar-in-Residence, Dallas, 1995. 

African American Child placed in Crisis, Detroit , 1993. 

Institute of the Black Peoples (UNESCO), Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso , 1990. 

International Scientific Committee (FESPAC), Dakar , Senegal , 1987. 

Non Aligned Movement Pre Conference Symposium, Harare , Zimbabwe , 1985. 

SIETAR, San Gimigiano , Italy , 1983. 

World Conference on Black Communication, Nairobi , Kenya , 1981. 

International press Seminar, Harare , Zimbabwe , 1981. 

UNESCO Conference on Women in Africa, Marondera , Zimbabwe , 1981. 

Modern African Art Conference (Academie des Beaux Arts), Kinshasa , Zaire , 1980. 

Seminar on African Culture, Douala , Cameroon , 1980. 

Pre-Colloquium on Third Festival of Black Culture, Dakar , Senegal , 1980. 

International Communication Association, Acapulco , Mexico , 1980. 

Rockefeller Conference on Black Communication, Bellagio , Italy , 1980. 

9th World Congress of Sociology, Upsala , Sweden , 1978. 

International Communication Association, Berlin , Germany , 1977. 

FESTAC, Lagos , Nigeria , 1977. 

Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, Montreal , Quebec , 1976. 

Operations Research, San Juan , Puerto Rico , 1976. 

International Conference on Communication, Monterrey , Mexico , 1975. 

 

SELECTED INVITED LECTURES AND PAPERS

Selected Invited lectures and speeches 1986-2004 (Scores of lectures have been delivered in community organizations, high schools, churches, lodges, and public campaigns against racism, oppression, war, and the holding of political prisoners)

 

Auburn University , “Creating a Black Studies Program,” February, 1989

 

Beaver College , “Afrocentricity,” Sociology Class, March, 1992


Brandeis University , “Multiculturalism,” October, 1993


Bryn Mawr College , “African American Males and Females: Relationships,” April,1988 


Bucknell University , “The Afrocentric Idea,” November 1994 


California State University-Chico, “ Egypt : The Real Classical Ideal,” May, 1997

California State University-Fresno, “Pan Africanism, Native Americanism, and Harmony,” February, 2003


California State University-Fullerton , “Afrocentricity: The Transforming Idea,” October, 1987


California State University-Long Beach , “Humanizing the World Through Kemetic Choices,” February, 1996 


California State University-Sacramento, “The Structure of Knowledge in the West,” April, 2000 


City College of New York , “African Intellectual Giants: Diop, Clarke, Karenga, Obenga” February 1995


Clarion University  , “Creating a Doctoral Program in African American Studies,” March, 1999


Cleveland State University, “The Debate over African Values and Culture,” January, 1994 


Colgate University , “Multiculturalism and Education,” February, 1992 


Columbia University , “Advocacy in a Multicultural Society: Lessons from Yoruba,” April, 1999

 
Dartmouth University , “African American History: The Icon of Resistance,” May, 1993 


Delaware State College, “African History and American Racism,” February, 1989


Denison University , “Communication and the African American Community,” November, 1998


Depauw University , “Interrogating American Unity: Cultural Differences,” February, 1997


Drew University , “Ancient Kemet,” January 1994


Drexel University , “Heritages of Americans: Afrocentricity,” January 2000 

 

Duquesne University , “Ebonics: My First Language,” March, 1994


Eastern Michigan University , “Malcolm X: The Meaning of Cultured,” March, 2000 

 

Edinboro University , “Afrocentricity and Pan Africanism,” April, 2001


Fisk University , “Race and Racial Relations,” January, 1997 


Florida State University, “Communication and Culture,” April, 1992 


Georgia State University , “Reinvigorating our Justice Tradition: The Vanguard,” January, 1996


Georgetown University , “Culture, Communication, and Rhetoric,” November, 1989 


Hamilton College , “Creating the Ph.D. in African American Studies,” March 1986


Hampton University  , “African Epistemologies and Axiologies,” February 1987


Harvard College , “Afrocentricity: An Intellectual Idea for African Resurgence,” February 1994 


Haverford College  , “Pan African Agency: The Case of Nkrumah,” March 1990


Hofstra University  , “Afrocentricity, Pan Africanism, and Negritude,” May, 1997


Howard University , “Ancient Egyptian Philosophers: Imhotep to Akhenaten,” School of Communication , November, 1999. 


Hunter College , “The Temple Circle of Afrocentricity: Theories of Keto, Welsh, and Mazama,” April, 1996. 


Indiana University , “Deciphering the Western Academy to Educate African People,” November 2004

 
Kean College  , “The Afrocentric Idea and Kwanzaa,” December, 1995


Kent State University  , “Turning Postmodernism on Its Head: Multiculturalism in Education,” April, 2001


King's College, Halifax , “Alexandre Pushkin: The African Who Created Russian,” May 2000


Knox College , “Afrocentricity and the Theory of Cultural Transformation,” April 1997 


Kutztown University , “Robeson, DuBois, Hurston: Giants of African American History,” February, 2000 


Lafayette College , “Equality and Justice in a Racist Society: Prospects and Limitations,” September 1995

 

Lehigh University , “Teaching African American Studies: The Challenges of our Times,” October 1999 


Lincoln University , “African American History: Seeing from our own Agency,” March 2003 


Manchester University , United Kingdom  , “The Theory of Afrocentricity,” October 2000


Manhattanville College , “Rhetoric, Race, and Identity,” February, 1992 


Marquette University  , “Rhetorics of Shame and Defeat: African Intellectuals Running Away from Africa ,” March 1988


McGill College , “Race and Communication: The Media and Its Impact on Human Interactions,” October, 1994 

 

Miami University , “The Afrocentric Idea: Overcoming White Supremacist Hegemony in the West,” March, 2002


Michigan State University , “Malcolm X: What it Means to Be Cultured,” February, 1998 


Morehouse College , “ Alton Hornsby: The Model of an African Intellectual,” April, 2001 


Morgan State University, “Carter G. Woodson's Miseducation of the Negro in Contemporary Light,” May, 1997 


New York University , “Multiculturalism, Afrocentricity, Humanism,” September 1996


Norfolk State University  , “Afrocentricity,” January, 1995


North Carolina State University , Greenville , “Educating the Black Child,” April, 1998 


Northeastern University, “The Problems with Hegemony and Eurocentrism,” October, 1996


Northeastern Illinois University , “The Structure of American Education,” April, 1998 


Northern Illinois University , “Anti-Africanism Among African Intellectuals: The Quest for a Non-African Patrimony,” March, 1997 


Oberlin College , “Bantu Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa ,” October 1988


Ohio State University , “The Rise of Black Studies in the Sixties: Reflections from a Founder,” March 1994 


Ottawa University , “Dialogues with Ethical Concepts from Africa : Maat and Iwa,” March, 1999

 

Penn State University , “Communication and African Resurgence,” April, 1996

 

Pepperdine University , “The Structure of American Education and Its Eurocentric Hegemony,” April, 2002


Portland State University , “Martin Luther King, Jr.: Apostle of Peace,” January 1993 


Princeton University , “The Afrocentric Movement and its Impact on American Education,” May 1994

 
Queens College , “Race, Racism, and Race Relations: Differences and Dialogues,” November, 1997 


Rochester Institute of Technology , “Media Communication and Human Relations,” March 1996 


Rutgers University  , “Race, Gender, Class: An Afrocentric Critique,” January, 1994


San Diego State University , “Afrocentricity: The Paradigm and Its Impact in African Studies,” March, 2003


Shippensburg University , “Communication, Culture, and Race: Toward Human Community,” October, 1993 


Southern University, “History and the Historian: Where is the White Historian Located?” February, 1988 


Southwest Louisiana University , “Literature, Language and the Centered Idea,” March 1987


Spelman College , “African Americans and Female-Male Relationships: The Myths and the Realities,” October, 1990 


St. Cloud State University , “Interracial Communication,” April 1987 


SUNY-Albany, “The Future of Black Studies in Major Universities,” November 1996 


SUNY-Binghamton, “Ali Mazrui and the African Idea in Political Science: Challenges and Victories,” January, 2001


SUNY-Buffalo, “The Struggle Against Eurocentric Hegemony in Education: Saving our Children,” March 1999. 


Syracuse University , “Researching African American History: Finding Our Centers,” September 1986

 
Talladega College , “Afrocentricity, Negritude, Kawaida, and Kilombismo: African Intellectual Ideas,”  February 1993


Tennessee State University , “Why There Ought to Be African American Studies at HBCUs,” October 1994 


Texas Southern University, “Intercultural Communication: Models of Mutual Respect,” December, 1997

 

Texas Tech, “Community v. Individuality: Unity or Singularity in African Culture?” October 1997


Tufts University , “Challenging the Whiteness Paradigm: Eurocentric Historians and the Burden of Distortion,” February 1999 


Tulane University , “On the Occasion of the Delivery of the Molefi Kete Asante Papers to the Amistad Research Center ,” March 1996


Union College , “African Religion: The Unity of an Idea,” September 1994 


University of California Los Angeles , “Textual Analysis in the Odu Ifa,” April 2000

 
University of California Berkeley , “Questions of African Values: The Classical Issue,” October 1992


University of California-Irvine, “Multiculturalism in the United States : History and Practice,” March 1994 

 

University of California-Davis, “The Afrocentric Idea: Discourse on Agency,” March 2001

 

University of Costa Rica , San Jose , “Afrocentricity,” August, 1999

 

University of Dayton , “Pillars of Ancient Egyptian Philosophy: Merikare and Amenhotep, son of Hapu,” January, 2000


University of Delaware , “African American Education: Writing a Textbook that Makes Sense,” February, 1995 


University of Illinois , “The Afrocentric Paradigm: Disciplinary Fundamentals in Black Studies,” February 2003 


University of Kansas , “What does Afrocentricity say about Humanities?” February 1987 

 

University of Leeds , United Kingdom , “Discourses on Racism in Western Nations: How the Afrocentric Idea Responds,” October 1999


University of Louisville , “Seeking Positionality in our Research,” January 1996 


University of Manchester , United Kingdom , “The Afrocentric Idea,” March 2000


University of Maryland , “Akhenaten and the Heresy of Aten,” February 2000


University of Miami-Dade, “The Haitian-Cuban Issue: The Politics of Whiteness,” April 1998 


University of Michigan , “From Weber to Diamond with Racist Explanations for Historical Processes,” September 1999 


University of Minnesota , “Human Communication Theories: Mutuality and Negotiation,” October 1996 


University of Missouri , “The Institutionalization of African American Studies: Departments, Centers, and Programs,” March 1987 


University of New England , “The Trail of Tears and the Middle Passage: Iconic Views of History,” September 1997


University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , “Afrocentricity,” February 1993 

 

University of Puerto Rico , “Ebonics: My First Language,” January 1995


University of Pennsylvania , “Black Studies: Theories and Practices,” October 2002 


University of Pittsburgh , “Centeredness in Afrocentric Theory,” November 1997


University of Rochester , “The Meaning of Afrocentricity,” March 1990


University of Sheffield , United Kingdom , “The African Diaspora: Against the Idea of a Black Atlantic ,” October 1998


University of Tennessee , “Celebrating the Lives of King and Haley,” January 1995 


University of Texas , “How Europe Continues to Under-develop Africa : In Honor of Walter Rodney,” February 1996 


University of Toronto , OISE , “The Africalogical Enterprise: Using Afrocentric Methods,” March 2003 


University of Virginia , “Interrogating Local African American History for Evidence of Resistance to Oppression,” October 1990 


University of Washington , “The Afrocentric Idea in Education,” April 1990 


University of Wisconsin-Madison, “The Afrocentric Idea: The Difficulty of Viewing Freedom in Black Studies,” May 1992


University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, “Africology: Why I Support the Afrocentric Study of African Phenomena,” March 1994 


Valdosta State College, “Intercultural Communication,” March 1994 


Villanova University , “Alexander Crummell, Martin Delany, and other Black Nationalists,” December 1988 


Virginia Tech, “Creating a PH.D. Program in African American Studies,” February 1995 


Virginia Commonwealth University , “African American Youth in Revolt: The Case of the Black Panthers and Us Movement,” February 1996 


Wayne State University , “Rhetoric and Communication in Ancient Kemet,” March 1993 


Wesleyan College , “The Afrocentric Idea and Aesthetics: Philosophical Questions,” September 1994 


West Virginia University , “Afrocentricity and History: Interpretation and Justification,” March 2001


Western Ontario University , “Racism and Western Hegemony: Why the World Reacts,” October 1992 


Winston-Salem State University , “African American History,” September 2001 


Wooster College , “Teaching African American Students from a Centered Position,” February 1992.

 

TYPICAL COURSES TAUGHT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS:  

  • Seminar on Cheikh Anta Diop 
  • Ancient Egyptian Language and Culture 
  • Seminar in Nile Valley Civilizations   
  • The Afrocentric Idea 
  • African Civilization 
  • African Religions 
  • Readings in African American Social and Political Thought
  • Dimensions of Racism

 

 

SPECIAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR TEACHING, WRITING, AND SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE:  

 

Inducted into the Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent, Gwendolyn Brooks Center , Chicago State University , October 2004

 

Carter Woodson and Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Lifetime Achievement in Africana Studies Research and Scholarship, West Virginia University , 2002

 

Douglas Ehninger Award for Distinguished Rhetorical Scholarship, National Communication Association, New Orleans , December, 2002

 

The Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Tribune Community Service Award, 2002

 

Nguzo Saba Award for Scholarly Initiative, NAKO, Los Angeles , September, 2000

 

Walter Annenberg Chair for Distinguished Scholars, Howard University , School of Communication , 1995 

Morgan State University , College of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Academic Service, 1995 

Howard University Education and Community Service Award, Washington DC , 1994 

Outstanding Communication Scholar in America , Howard University , Washington DC , 1992 

Doctor of Humane Letters, Sojourner-Douglass College , Baltimore MD , 1991 

Ralph Metcalfe Chair for Distinguished Scholars, Marquette University , Marquette WI, 1984-85 

Outstanding Communication Scholar, Jackson State University , 1980 

Distinguished Professor in Communication, Howard University , Washington DC, 1979-80 

Doctor of Humane Letters, University of New Haven , New Haven CT , 1976 

(Dr. Asante has received more than 100 Special Awards, including GSU Award for distinguished service, Temple University , April 2006)

LIST OF SOME OF THE DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED: 

(Generally considered a pre-eminent mentor of young scholars, Dr. Asante has supervised more than seventy dissertations while mentoring his former students through editing manuscripts, recommending career options, and participating with them in symposia and conferences throughout the world. His students have written more than 75 books as of January 2005).

 

Latoyia K. Bailey, The Development of Cultural Congruence in Relation to African American Student Achievement, Temple University , 2006 ( Philadelphia School District )

 

Chika Nwadiora, African Immigrant Women: An Afrocentric Analysis, Temple University , 2006 ( Temple University Intellectual Heritage)

 

Rita Fierro, African American Agency within Welfare Agencies, Temple University , 2006 (Research Associate, Evaluator, Better Schools )

 

Christopher Johnson, Hip Hop: Examination of the Concept of Work in the Industrial Emphasis of Contemporary Music, Temple University , 2006.

 

Willie Cannon-Brown, The Aesthetic Ideal in Ancient Kemet, Temple University , 2005 ( Peirce College )

 

Neferet Larese Hubbard, Afrocentric Analysis of the Work of Anna Julia Cooper, Temple University , 2005.( California State University , Long Beach )

 

Peta Ikambana, Mobutu's Totalitarian Political System: An Afrocentric Analysis, Temple University , 2004 (Director, Justice Program, Friends Society)

 

Wendy Trott , “ An Afrocentric Analysis of the Transition and Transformation of Root Medicine as Spiritual Practice Among Gullah People of Lowcountry South Carolina ,” Temple University , 2003, Delaware Technical College

 

Ivan Douglas Hicks , “ Centering African American Religion: Toward an Afrocentric Analysis,” ( Temple University , 2003). Senior Minister, First Baptist Church , Indianapolis

 

Leophus Tarharka King, “Philomythy: Ancient Egyptian Correspondences with Greek Myths,” Temple University , 2003 ( Millersville College )

 

Emeka Nwadiora, “God in Africa: Towards a Unitized Pan African Liberation Theology,” Temple University , 2002 ( Temple University )

 

Michelle Rief, “Banded Close Together”: An Afrocentric Study of African American Women's International Activism, 1850-1940, And the International Council of Women of the Darker Races, Temple University , 2002 . ( Manhattan College )

 

Weldon Williams III, “The African Origin of the New Age: An Astrochronolgy of the Black Experience,” Temple University , 2002 . ( Montclair State )

 

Suzuko Morikawa, “African American and Asian American Responses to Racism: A Comparative Analysis,” Temple University , 2001.( Chicago State University )

 

Audrea FeFe Dunham , “ More'n a Notion: A Quantitative Study of Black Nationalism,” Temple University 2001. (New Jersery State Government, Delaware State University )

 

Reiland Rabaka Smith, “Critical Analysis of African American Intellectual Thought,” Temple University , 2001.( California State University , Long Beach )

 

Jelani Lorenza Williams, “An Afrocentric Study of the Charter School Movement,” Temple University 2001. ( Private Charter School , Houston ) deceased

 

Segun Shabaka, “Emigration of African Americans to Haiti in 1825,” Temple University , 2001. (New York Public Schools)

 

Victor Vega, “The Afro-Latino and Afrocentricity: A Study in Centrality Location,” Temple University , 2001 ( Middlesex College )

 

Barbara Faggins, “An Afrocentric Analysis of the Contact Between African Americans and First Americans in Colonial Virginia , Temple University , 2000

 

Geoffrey Giddings, “An Analysis of Afrocentricity, Kawaida and Black Psychology as Cultural Constructions,” Temple University , 2000 ( Antioch College )

 

Daryl (Zizwe) Poe, “An Analysis of Nkrumahism as a Precursor to Afrocentricity,” Temple University , 2000 ( Lincoln University )

 

Kwame Botwe-Asamoah, “Kwame Nkruman's Cultural Philosophy,” Temple University , 2000 ( University of Pittsburgh )

 

Ji Yuan, “W. E. B. Du Bois Socialist Philosophy,” Temple University , 1999 ( Jilin University , Chunchung)

 

Vivian Newman, “An Afrocentric Analysis of Black Conservatism, “ Temple University , 1998 (Coppin State University )

 

Nana Quansah Abarry, “Community Identity and the Quest for Self Fulfillment in African Women's Female-Authored Literature,” Temple University , 1998 (Temple University Intellectual Heritage Department)

 

Troy Allen, Ancient Egyptian Kinship Patterns, Temple University , 1997  (Southern University)

 

Cynthia Lehman, "Sdm P N Mdw MaAt, Temple University , 1997  ( University of Maryland , Eastern Shore )

Clyde Robertson, "Unsung Hero: The Afrocentric Location of Alexander Pierre Turead," Temple University , 1997  (New Orleans Public Schools)

Tshombe Walker, “Hip Hop Worldview: An Afrocentric Analysis,” Temple University , 1997 ( New York Technical College )

Doreen Loury, "African-Centered Ethnography of African American Male Single Fathers," Temple University , 1997.  ( Arcadia University )

Lillian Safisha Green Gaskins, “African American Infusion in the Philadelphia School System,” Temple University , 1997. (Philadelphia Public Schools, retired)

Marlene Archie, “A Centered School: An African Centered Developmental Project," Temple University , 1997.  ( Imhotep Charter School )

Jeffrey Lynn Woodyard, “Malcolm X: An Afrocentric Analysis of Black Males” Temple University , 1997 ( Florida Central University )

Catherine Godboldte, “Comparative Study of Ancient Egyptian and African American Funeral Rites,” Temple University ( Salem Baptist Church ) 1995

Miriam Maat Ka Re Monges, "Kush: An Afrocentric Analysis " Temple University , 1995.  ( California State University , Chico )

Marta Moreno Vega, “A Study of Yoruba as Practiced in Urban Communities,” Temple University , 1995 (Director, Caribbean Cultural Center, New York )

Katherine Bankole, "Slave Medicine in Ante-Bellum Louisiana ," Temple University , 1995  ( West Virginia University )

Cecil Gray, " From Incipient Afrocentricity to Afrocentricity," Temple University , 1995 ( Gettysburg College )

Donald McNeely, "Multiculturalism and the Teacher Education," Temple University , 1995.  (New Jersey Education Association, retired)

Susan Thomas-Holder, "Henry Highland Garnet: His Life, Time and Afrocentric Analysis of his Writing", Temple University , l994. 

Franzone, Dorothy, "Garifuna: An Afrocentric Analysis," Temple University , 1994 ( Texas Southern University)

Victor Oguejiofor Okafor, "Leadership and Political Integration in Africa: An Afrocentric Case Study of Nigeria ", Temple University , 1994.  (Eastern Michigan University )

Timothy Johnson, "The Ideology, Theological and Conceptual Postulates of the Black Church Becoming Afrocentric", Temple University , 1994. 

Barbara Marshall, "An Afrocentric Analysis of the Works of Selected African American Female Writers", Temple University , 1993.  (Philadelphia Public Schools)

Don Luke, "Afrocentric Methods and the Retrieval of an Obscured African History: A Re-examination of Old Norse Sagas", Temple University , 1993. 

James Naazir Conyers, "A Descriptive and Evaluative Analysis of Selected African-American Studies Departments and Programs (Pennsylvania, California, Wisconsin, Ohio State University, Temple, Connecticut, UCLA, University of Wisconsin, Yale)", Temple University, 1992.  ( University of Houston )

Adeniyi Coker, "The Aesthetic Dimension of Ola Rotimi's Ori Olokun Theatre", Temple University , 1991.  ( University of Alabama )

Mark Hyman, "Afrocentric Leanings of Black Church-Owned Newspapers from Mid-Nineteenth Century to WWI", Temple University , 1991.  ( Widener University ) deceased

Ella Forbes, "But We Have No Country: An Afrocentric Study of the 1851 Christiana Resistance", Temple University , 1991.  ( Temple University )

Hilary Amata Nwaozuzu, "Emeka Ojukwu's Rhetoric of Secessionism and Yakubu Gowon's Anti-Secessionist Rhetoric: A Critical and Historical Analysis", SUNY-Buffalo, 1985. 

Hilary Mgbeahuruike Oziri, "The Evolution of Telecommunication in Nigeria : A Needs Analysis", SUNY-Buffalo, 1984.  ( University of Nsukka , Nigeria )

Edwin Ndichu Gitau, "Press Freedom and the New World Information Order: A Developmental Scheme", SUNY-Buffalo, 1984.  ( University of Nairobi )

Alene L. Barnes-Harden, "African American Verbal Arts: Their Nature and Communicative Interpretation (A Thematic Analysis)", SUNY-Buffalo, 1980. ( Kent State University )

Deborah Atwater, " Arnold B. Pinckney and the 1971 Cleveland Mayoral Campaign: The Case for the Strategy of Flexible Responses", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  ( Penn State )

Michael Anthony Appiah, "Okyeame': An Integrative Model of Communication Behavior", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  ( Minister , Ghana Government)

Abu Shardow Abarry, "Rhetoric and Poetics of Oral African Literature: A Study of the Ga of Ghana ", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  ( Temple University )

Naomi Pasiharigutwi Nhiwatiwa, "International Communication Between the European and African Worldviews", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  (Ambassador, World Health Organization)

Doyinsola Aboaba-Abiola, "The Nigerian Press Under Military Rule", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  (Publisher, Concord Newspapers, Nigeria )

Dellvina Gross, "A Participant Observation Study of Communication During Activity of Short Term Imprisoned Women", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  ( Temple University )

Louis Alban Browne, "Monoethnicity, Multiethnicity and the Television Commerical: A Critical Assessment", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  ( Texas Southern University)

Beverly Duncklee, "A Study of Black American Versus White American Health Beliefs and Health Care Communication", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979. 

Sharon Dittmar, "An Exploratory Study of the Critical Listening Abilities of Senior Students in Diploma, Associate Degree and Baccalaureate Degree Programs of Nursing Education", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  (SUNY Buffalo )

Ellen Grant, "A Communication Environment for African American Mental Health Care", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  ( Erie County Hospital Chief)

Jill Robyn Weiner, "The Family of Woman: A Mythological Analysis of the Rhetoric of Contemporary Feminist Song", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  ( Manhattan Marymount College )

Everett Maraka Standa, "A Systems Approach to Instructional Radio Broadcasting in the Kenya School System: A Model", SUNY-Buffao, 1979.  ( University of Kenya , now Vice Chancellor, Kenyatta University )

Marilyn Stahlka Watt, "A Critical Analysis of the Roles of Women in a Local Media Industry", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979.  ( Canisius College )

Eileen Newmark, "The Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Intercultural Orientation Training Program for a Study Abroad Project: An Exploratory Study", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979. 

Janice Shaw Crouse, "The Carter-Ford Campaign Debates, 1976: The Images and Issues in Political Persuasion", SUNY-Buffalo, 1979. 

Samuel Osei Boadu, "Communication and Cultural Change: An Empirical Evaluation of Value Orientations in a Modernizing Society", SUNY-Buffalo, 1978.  (World Health Organization)

Robert Holmes, Jr., "The Therapeutic Effect of The Self Disclosure Technique in the Rehabilitation of Disabled Individuals (An Analysis of Communication Behavior), SUNY-Buffalo, 1978. 

Erika Wenzel Vora, "The Development of Concept Diffusion Models and Their Application to the Diffusion of the Social Concept of Race", SUNY-Buffalo, 1978.  ( St. Cloud State University )

Daniel Harrison, "Major Themes and Tactics in Speeches of William L. Garrison", SUNY-Buffalo, 1978.  ( Kennedy-King College )

Rita Flaningan Rice, "A Descriptive Study of the Communication Behavior of the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration", SUNY-Buffalo, 1978.  (Slippery Rock State )

Joan Flanigen Drexelius, "A Reconceptualization of Rhetoric in a General Systems Framework", SUNY-Buffalo, 1978.  ( University of Puerto Rico )

Sarr Abdulai Vandi, "Towards the Utilization of Mass Media in Community Education Programs in Liberia ", SUNY-Buffalo, 1977.  (Minister of Communication, Liberia )

Samuel Otitigbe, "Slow Pay of Media Bills: A Critical Analysis of a Three-Dimensional Contemporary Problem in Advertising", SUNY-Buffalo, 1977.  (SUNY Albany )

Alan Jay Zaremba, "An Exploratory Analysis of National Perceptions of the Arab-Israeli Conflict as Represented Through World Newspapers: An International Communication Study", SUNY-Buffalo, 1977.  (Northeastern University)

Diane S. Hope, "A Rhetorical Definition of Movements: The Drama of Rebirth in Radical Feminism", SUNY-Buffalo, 1975.  (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Enid Janssen Reed, “Communication Tactics Used by High and Low Machiavellians in Differentially-Motivated Task Oriented Situations,” UCLA, l973.

Karen Wells Borden, "Persuasive Appeals of Imperialist and Anti-Imperialist Congressmen in the Debates on Phillipine Independence , 1912-1934", UCLA, 1972. 

Melbourne Stenson Cummings, "The Rhetoric of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, Leading Advocate in the African Emigration Movement, 1866-1907", UCLA, 1972.  ( Howard University )

 

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION:  

 

Editor, Journal of Black Studies , 1969- current

 

Editor, African Dissertation Series , Routledge, Taylor and Francis, Publishers, 2001—current

 

Advisory Editor, Imhotep , African American Studies Graduate Journal, 1988-1992

 

Reviewer and Evaluator for Best Books, Diamond Book Award , National Communication Association, 2000--

Developer, Asante Imprint Books, Peoples Publishing Group, for Afrocentric Infusion, 1993-2000 

Consulting Editor for the following publishers: Chandler , Macmillan, Sage, Allyn and Bacon, Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, Scott, Foresman, Peoples Publishing, Modern Curriculum Press, Harper and Row, 1991-1996 

Evaluator and Reviewer, Center for Black Culture, Penn State University , 1994 

Evaluator and Reviewer, Department of Black Community Research, University of Pittsburgh , 1991

President, National Afrocentric Institute, 1989-91

Vice President, National Council of Black Studies, 1988-90 

Created the first PH.D. Program in African American Studies at Temple University in 1987.

Evaluator, Graduate Program in African American Studies, University of Maryland and Morgan State University , 1988. 

Consultant, United Nations University, 1985-86. 

External Evaluation Team for Department of Black Studies, Ohio State University , 1985. 

UNESCO reviewer for International Scholarly Books, 1985. 

Consultant, Zimbabwe Institute for Mass Communication, 1981-82. 

President, Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, 1975-76. 

Communication item writer, Educational Testing Service, Princeton NJ , 1976, 1969-70. 

SUNY Distinguished Faculty Exchange Professor, 1973-83. 

President, Trans-Cultural Education/Communication Foundation, 1971-81. 

Program Planner, Dimension Programs, Speech Communication Association, 1971. 

Chairperson, Faculty Exchange Committee, Speech Communication Association. 

Martin Luther King Fellowships, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton NJ, 1970-72. 

Urban and Ethnic Affairs Committee, Speech Communication Association, 1969. 

 

UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:

 

Director, Pan African Center/Free African Society Lectures, African American History Museum of Philadelphia , 2004

 

WURD radio program host, 2001-Present

 

WHAT radio program host, 1994-2000

 

President and Chairperson, African Writers Endowment, 2000-current, makes grants to African writers

 

Park Mall Committee for University Construction, Temple University, 1994-1996.

Merit Committee, Temple University, 1992-93. 

Academy named in Honor, Molefi Kete Asante Cultural Awareness Academy of the Hatch Middle School , Camden NJ . Founded in 1993 

College of Arts and Sciences Cutting Edge Seminars Committee, Temple University, 1991-93. 

Amistad Research Center for Black History, Tulane University , Archives Asante Papers and Correspondences relevant to Afrocentric Movement, since 1995--, C-451.

National Institute for Drug Abuse Advisory Committee on Culture, A.I.D. 1994-1995

Prevention and Drug Abuse Advisory Committee, Washington DC, 1991-92. 

Advisory Board, National Association of Black Men, 1991. 

Chairperson, National Afrocentric Institute, 1989-1997 

Chair, African Academy of Sciences, 1988-Present. 

Promotions Committee, Temple University, 1991-93. 

Study Leave Committee, Temple University, 1989-90. 

Park Mall Housing Committee, Temple University, 1985-87. 

College of Arts and Sciences Executive Committee, Temple University , 1985

Advisory Board, Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolence, Philadelphia PA.  

Advisory Board, Channel 7, Buffalo NY . 

Advisory Board, Channel 13, Los Angeles CA . 

Chairperson of Board, Center for Positive Thought, Buffalo , 1978-82. 

Curator, Museum of African and African American Art and Antiquities, Buffalo NY 1979-84. 

Advisory Board, Pepperdine Master Campus Plan, 1972. 

Presidential Search Committee, SUNY-Buffalo, 1981. 

Clifton Wharton's Task Force on African Studies, SUNY-Buffalo, 1979-83. 

Representative for Faculty Union , SUNY-Buffalo, 1978-82

Chair, Boyer's Task Force on African Studies, SUNY-Buffalo, 1976-77. 

Academic Senate, SUNY-Buffalo, 1974-75. 

Provost's Search Committee, SUNY-Buffalo, 1974. 

Chair, Statewide Committee on Black Studies, UCLA, 1972-73. 

Campus Representative, Statewide Assembly, UCLA, 1972. 

Committee on Affirmative Action, Florida State University , 1972. 

Advisor, Ethno-Communication Films, UCLA, 1971-73. 

Advisor, Chicano Studies Center , UCLA, 1971-72. 

Advisor, African Studies Center , UCLA, 1971-72. 

Chair, Search Committee, UCLA, 1971-72. 

Dean, Graduate Advancement, UCLA, 1971-72 

Chair, Indiana State Civil Rights Commission on Higher Education and the Afro-American, 1968. 

Order of the Golden Bruin, UCLA, 1966-1973

Committee on Distinguished Teachers, UCLA, 1971. 

Committee for Senate Re-Evaluation, UCLA, 1971. 

University Reorganization Committee and Conference, UCLA, 1971. 

Committee to Evaluate the Graduate Division, UCLA, 1970-71. 

Camp Hess Kramer Seminar on Interracial Communication, 1970.

Young's Committee to Review Subject A, Foreign Languages and American Institutions, UCLA. 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES:  

 

Burlington New Jersey School District , 2002

 

Asbury Park New Jersey School District , 2001

 

Birmingham School District ( AL ), 2000-2002

 

Gary , Indiana School District ( IND ) 1996-1999, 2001-2002

Trenton School Board (NJ)1996 

Baltimore School District (MD), 1993 

Camden School District (NJ), 1993; 2000, 2004

Pleasantville School District (NJ), 1994 

Philadelphia School District (PA), 1996, 2003-2004

Detroit School District (MI), 1994-1996 

New York School District (NY), 1996 

Los Angeles Human Relations Commission (CA), 1970-72. 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:  

 

African Union , Committee for African Intellectuals, Member, 2003-2004

 

National Communication Association, on-going since 1969

 

International Communication Association- Nominated and ran for President in l980; Vice President l978 to 1980.

 

President and Chairperson, African Writers Endowment Foundation, 2000-

 

President, Association of Nubian Kemetic Heritage (ANKH), 1995-2003

 

Vice Chair, Institut des Peuples Noirs, Commission II, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, 1990. 

Founder and President, National Afrocentric Institute, 1989-Present. 

Vice Chair, National Council of Black Studies, 1988-90. 

Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations, initial member

African Heritage Studies Association, 1970, on-going

American Studies Association , 1988

African Studies Association, 1984, on-going 

American Education Research Association, 1973-1977 

American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 1979-1984 

Modern Language Association , 1981

Board Member, Project Daytime Television, l975-1979

Director, Institute for the Study of Intercultural Communication (ISIC) 

President, Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, 1975-76 

Charter Member, The World University, 1973-82.