{"product_id":"400-years-of-witnessing-9780982532782","title":"400 YEARS of WITNESSING","description":"\u003cp\u003eMolefi Kete Asante is an activist intellectual who is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Africology and African American Studies at Temple University. He is also President, Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies. Asante is a Guest Professor, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China and Professor Extraordinarius at the University of South Africa. Asante has written 85 books, among the most recent are \u003cem\u003eThe American Demagogue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRevolutionary Pedagogy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe History of Africa, Classical Africa, An Afrocentric Manifesto, The Afrocentric Idea, As I Run Toward Africa; African Pyramids of Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFacing South: An African Orientation to Knowledge. \u003c\/em\u003eAsante has published more than 500 articles and is considered the most published African American scholar as well as one of the most distinguished authors in the African world. He has published three previous books of poetry, \u003cem\u003eLove Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBreak of Dawn, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Epic in Search of African Kings\u003c\/em\u003e. He has been recognized as one of the 10 most widely cited African scholars. \u003cem\u003eAsante has been \u003c\/em\u003erecognized as one of the most influential leaders in education. Asante completed his M.A. at Pepperdine and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, at the age of 26, and was appointed a full professor at the age of 30 at the State University of New York at Buffalo. At Temple University he created the first Ph.D. Program in African American Studies in 1988. He has directed more than 125 Ph.D. dissertations in the fields of Communication and African American Studies. He is the founder of the theory of Afrocentricity. Asante was born in Valdosta, Georgia, of Sudanese (Nubian) and Nigerian (Yoruba) heritage. He is one of sixteen children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Universal Write Publications LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982532782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.37d","brand":"Molefi Kete Asante","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36646274465948,"sku":"9780982532782","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ca97e09c-164a-4f73-9040-d2b523112021.jpg?v=1603863669","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/400-years-of-witnessing-9780982532782","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}