The Afrocentric School [a blueprint]

Nah Dove

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Universal Write Publications LLC
03 May 2021

Encyclopaedias & reference works; History; Education

Who are we? is a central question asked throughout the African Diaspora. This handbook offers answers to that burning question based on ancient African principles that relate to the critical role of teaching our children and are drawn from Nah Dove's UNICEF-sponsored work in Ghana. Grounded in the love of African humanity-women, men, girls, and boys-this handbook counters anti-African and anti-Black beliefs that have been propounded over centuries. This work recognizes a range of African cultural values, beliefs, and behaviors every bit as wide as there was amongst the different peoples who conquered Africa. In The Afrocentric School: A Blueprint, the cultural legacy and heritage of Africa is embraced to reawaken the cultural memory. Dove provides a foundational curriculum for children aged 3-15 years, with standards based on expectations developed from child development and education baseline studies. Readers will learn how to provide students the opportunity to begin a study of the world and its people, concepts, and history from the view of the African child's heritage; identify African principles and teachings; correct distorted information; and develop lesson plans that guide the teacher, parent, student, and reader in understanding African cultural history from an Afrocentric theoretical perspective.

By: Nah Dove
Imprint: Universal Write Publications LLC
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 472g
ISBN: 9781942774051
ISBN 10: 1942774052
Pages: 354
Publication Date: 03 May 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Nah Dove is an assistant professor in the Department of Africology and African American Studies at Temple University. She spent her formative years in Ghana and Nigeria, was raised in the United Kingdom, and has worked in Sierra Leone and Ghana. Based on her research, she wrote the seminal book Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makers of Social Change.

Reviews for The Afrocentric School [a blueprint]

A philosophical and pedagogical tour de force, Dr. Dove brilliantly re-writes knowledge and curriculum across the disciplines to enable educators to conduct our children's journey toward self-knowledge, spiritual, and educational awareness. I am deeply grateful for scholarship and love for our children, and I can't wait to engage my students with this wonderful, truly liberating work! Joyce E. King, PhD., Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning & Leadership, Georgia State University and Past President, The American Educational Research Association Drawing on a lifetime of unique personal experience and scholarly research, Dr. Nah Dove has delivered a remarkable pedagogical blueprint that rightfully centers Africa and offers a timely, visionary, and transformational approach to education. Margaret Busby, Publisher, Writer, Broadcaster. Editor, New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology by Women of African Descent. The Afrocentric School skillfully guides the Afrocentric educator, providing a framework of over 5000 years and an understanding of how and why Eurocentrism has attempted to erode African Knowledge and truth. I highly recommend this text to those who wish to teach from an African centered perspective, and equally for those responsible for educating children and young people of African ancestry and heritage. Dr. Sally-Ann Ashton, Dr. of Egyptology and Dr. of Psychology, Edge Hill University, UK