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Asst. Professor, History/Africana Studies, Vassar College <israshid@vassar.edu> For definitions and discussions of Afrocentricity, the proper place to start is Molefi K. Asante, _The Afrocentric idea_ (Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1998). Asante is one of the leading scholars on Afrocentricty. He has written extensively on the concept and was one of the scholars responsible for popularizing the concept in U.S. academic circles. One of his definitions of Afrocentricity is that it is "a theory of agency, that is, the idea that African people must be viewed as agents rather than spectators to historical revolution and change" (Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol 2.1.2000?? (I am not quite sure about the citation)* * [editor: _Souls_ Volume 2 no. 3 2000 does varry an article: 'Afrocentricity and History: Mediating the Meaning of Culture in Western Society' by Molefi Kete Asante. see: http://www.westviewpress.com/souls/current.html -- P.L.]
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