Africology: An Interdisciplinary Study of Thought and Praxis Contributor(s): Conyers, James L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1516539788 ISBN-13: 9781516539789 Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $121.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 8" W x 10" (1.23 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Africology: An Interdisciplinary Study of Thought and Praxis provides students with diverse and thought-provoking readings that encourage them to examine Africana culture through the lenses of social science, humanities, and professional studies. The carefully selected readings in this volume features Afrocentric perspectives and support the study of the global Africana experience. James L. Conyers, Jr., is the director of the African American Studies Program, director of the Center for African American Culture, and a university professor of African American studies at the University of Houston. He is the author or editor of 35 books and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Black Studies and the Western Journal of Black Studies. He is the founding editor of the serial Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science Research and series editor of Africana Studies at Transaction Publishers. Dr. Conyers holds a Ph.D. in African American studies from Temple University. |