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Ama Mazama, Ph.D.

(Marie-Josée Cérol)
817 Gladfelter Hall
215-204-1992
marie-josee.cerol@temple.edu

 

Teaching And Research Interests:
Afrocentric Theory, African Language Policies, Caribbean Culture, African Religion

 

Educational Background:

1987 Ph.D. in Linguistics, with Highest Distinction,
University of la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III, France
Dissertation Advisor: Professor Claude Hagège

 

Professional Experience

• 1996-pres. Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies, Temple University , Philadelphia , Pa
• 1993-1995 Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies, Temple University , Philadelphia , Pa
• Spring 1993 Visiting Professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies, Howard University , Washington , D.C.
• Spring 1993 Visiting Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University , Washington , D.C.
• 1990-1993 Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies & Linguistics Program,

Selected Publications

Books 

• Mazama, Ama (ed.). Africa in the Twenty-First Century:  Toward a New Future. New York: Routledge. 2007.
• Mazama, Ama, Editor of Special Edition of the Journal of Black Studies, "The Barack Obama Phenomenon." September 2007.
• Mazama, Ama (ed.). Essays in Honor of an Intellectual Warrior, Molefi Kete Asante. Paris: Editions Ménaibuc. 2009.
• M. Asante & Ama Mazama, General Editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, 2 Volumes, Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage. 2009.
  
• M. Asante & Ama Mazama, Afrocentric Infusion for Urban Schools, Philadelphia, Pa: Ankh Institute. 2010.

Articles 

• Mazama, Ama, Naming and Defining: A Critical Link, Journal of Black Studies. September 2009.
• Mazama, Ama, Molefi Kete Asante's Contributions to African American Studies, in Essays in Honor of an Intellectual Warrior, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama (ed.),Paris: Editions Ménaibuc. 2009.
• Mazama, Ama, Afrocendridade, um paradigma novo, in Afrocendridade, uma abordagem epistemological inovadora- Colecao Sankofa, Vol. 4, Elisa Larkin Nascimento (ed), Sao Paolo, Brazil: Selo Negro Edicoes. 2009.
• Mazama, Ama, Graduate Programs in African American Studies, in Handbook of Black Studies, Molefi Asante & Maulana Karenga (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2005.
• Mazama, Ama, Disciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity, or Cross-Disciplinarity: Africana Studies and the Vexing Issue of Definition, in Handbook of Black Studies, Molefi Asante & Maulana Karenga (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2005.

Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries

• Mazama, Ama,  Babalawo, in Encyclopedia of African Religion, 2 Volumes, M. Asante & Ama Mazama (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2009.
• Mazama, Ama, Bamana, in Encyclopedia of African Religion, 2 Volumes, M. Asante & Ama Mazama (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2009.
• Mazama, Ama, Blessing, in Encyclopedia of African Religion, 2 Volumes, M. Asante & Ama Mazama (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2009.
• Mazama, Ama. Molefi Kete Asante, in African American National Biography Dictionary, Louis Henry Gates (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press. February 2008.
• Mazama, Ama. Afrocentricity, Dictionary of World Ideas. New York: MacMillan. 2005.

Reviews

• Mazama, Ama. Review of Black Masculinity and the U.S. South. From Uncle Tom to Gangsta, Riché Richardson. 2007. Athens: Georgia University Press. African American Literature Review. 2010. 
• Mazama, Ama. Review of Mercy, Mercy Me: The Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye, Michael Eric Dyson. African American Literature Review. 2006.
• Mazama, Ama. Review of Sons of Mississipi, Paul Hendrickson, African American Literature Review. 2003.
• Mazama, Ama, Review of Erasing Racism, Molefi Kete Asante, Journal of Political and Social Thought, Lincoln University. 2003.
• Mazama, Ama, Review of The Vodun Quantum Leap, R.Crosley, Journal of Black Studies.2002.

Documentaries

• Mazama, Ama & Ryan Saunders, Producers, Haiti 2004: Celebrating 200 Years of Independence, 2008.
• Mazama, Ama & Ryan Saunders, Producers, Haiti 2004: 200 Années d'Indépendance, 2008.

Scholarly Presentations

• September 2009, "Kwame Nkrumah and the question of African intellectual colonization," Celebration of Kwame Nkrumah's 100th Anniversary, December 12th Organization, Schomburg Center, Harlem, New York.
• September 2009, "Quel rôle pour les intellectuals africains dans la renaissance africaine?" Council of Intellectuals of Africa and Its Diaspora, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
• October 2009, 21st Cheikh Anta Diop Conference, Philadelphia, Pa, Plenary speaker: "African Renaissance and the Question of Sacredness."
• November 2009, "Linguistic Connections between African and the Caribbean: The Case of Guadeloupe," Black Cultural Center, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
• February 2010, "La renaissance africaine et la question religieuse," Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, Quebec.