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Peer reviewedKershaw, Terry – Journal of Black Studies, 1992
A model for a proposed African-American studies discipline is based on the assumptions that African-American experiences are worth studying, historical experiences of peoples of African descent can inform others about human issues, and distinctive historic and cultural African-American experiences exist. Five steps in a African-American studies…
Descriptors: African History, Afrocentrism, Black Community, Black Culture
Peer reviewedBanks, W. Curtis – Journal of Negro Education, 1992
Defines the theory of the Afrocentric conception, and comments on Afrocentric research methodology. The Afrocentric conception is likely to succeed if it constructs a particularist theory in contrast to cross-cultural relativism and because it relies on the methodology of the absolute rather than the comparative. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
