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Molefi Kete Asante
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Molefi Kete Asante (born August 14, 1942) is a contemporary African American scholar in the field of African studies and African American Studies. He is currently Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University,[1][2] where he founded the first[citation needed] PhD program in African American Studies. Professor Asante is known for his theories of Afrocentricity and transracial, intercultural, and international communication.[3][4] He is the founding editor of the Journal of Black Studies.[5]
Molefi Kete Asante was born Arthur Lee Smith, Jr.[6] in Valdosta, Georgia, one of sixteen children of laborers Arthur and Lillie Smith. His father worked first in a peanut warehouse and then on the Georgia-Southern Railways.
Asante changed his name to reject a slave name. The first member of his family to graduate from college, Asante received his B.A. from Oklahoma Christian University in 1964, his M.A. from Pepperdine University in 1965, and his Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles in 1968, all in communication studies. He was appointed a full professor at the age of 30 at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Asante has appeared in the documentary films The Faces of Evil and 500 Years Later.[7] The latter was written and produced by his son, author and filmmaker M.K. Asante, Jr.
- ^ Molefi Kete Asante, Professor, Department of African American Studies (html). Temple University faculty page.
- ^ Jon Spayde (1995). "Utne Visionaries: People Who Could Change Your Life." (html). Utne Magazine.
- ^ Ronald Jackson and Sonja Brown Givens, Black Pioneers in Communication Research. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2007.
- ^ Dhyana Ziegler, ed. Molefi Kete Asante: In Praise and Criticism. Nashville: Winston Derek, 1995.
- ^ Molefi Kete Asante at Sage Publications.
- ^ Diane D. Turner. An Oral History Interview: Molefi Kete Asante (html). Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 32, No. 6 (July 2002) pp. 711-734 (Abstract).
- ^ Faces of Evil at the Internet Movie Database. 500 Years Later at the Internet Movie Database.
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