John Henrik Clarke and the Power of Africana History

Download or read book John Henrik Clarke and the Power of Africana History written by Ahati N. N. Toure and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the late 1960s through the late 1980s, the late John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) was one of the foremost architects of the emerging discipline of Africana Studies/Africalogy as Professor of African World History in the Department of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York and as the Carter G. Woodson Distinguished Visiting Professor of African History at Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center. The study explores Clarke's development and conceptualization of Afrikan World History by examining his intellectual influences and training, his approach to teaching Afrikan World History, his notions regarding."--Publisher's website.