Dr. Molefi Kete Asante is Professor, Department of African American Studies at Temple University. Considered by his peers to be one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars, Asante has published 61 books, among the most recent are Encyclopedia of Black Studies, (2004), co-edited with Ama Mazama, Race, Rhetoric, and Identity: The Architecton of Soul, Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation, (2003), Ancient Egyptian Philosophers (2003), Scattered to the Wind, Custom and Culture of Egypt, and 100 Greatest African Americans. The second edition of his high school text, African American History: Journey of Liberation, 2nd Edition, (2001), is used widely throughout North America.
He has published more scholarly books than any contemporary African author and has recently been recognized as one of the ten most widely cited African Americans. In addition, Black Issues in Higher Education recognized him as one of the most influential leaders in the last 15 years. Asante completed his M.A. at Pepperdine and received his Ph.D. from UCLA 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 1987. He has directed more than 125 Ph.D. dissertations. He has written more than 300 articles for journals and magazines and is the founder of the theory of Afrocentricity.
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Course Instructors
Dr. Adriane Dorrington
Adriane Dorrington is a native of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia who now resides in Newport News, Virginia U.S.A. She holds a Bachelor of Schience and a bachelor of Education degree from St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; a Master of Education degree from the University of Alberta and a Doctorate of Education from the University of Toronto.
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Ms. Yolisa Dalamba
Yolisa hails from Azania, better known as South Afrika. Yolisa’s name means, “the one who brings joy” in her native Xhosa language, popularized by the infamous Miriam Makeba. Yolisa is a staunch believer of holistic Afrikan-centred practices in healing, teaching, education, cultural analysis, social transformation. She is a critical cultural consultant, educator, multidisciplinary artist and community activist due to her involvement in the global anti-apartheid movement since the 70’s and 80’s in Canada. Yolisa’s life work is underpinned by the fundamental belief that - ONLY WE HAVE THE POWER TO TRULY HEAL & LIBERATE OURSELVES AS AFRIKANS.
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Dr. Harvey Millar
Born in St. Lucia, West Indies, Harvey Millar has resided in Halifax since 1982. Harvey Millar completed a Bachelors degree (Upper Second Class Honors) in Industrial Engineering at the University of West Indies (U.W.I.) In 1982, upon being a recipient of a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Scholarship, he subsequently completed a Master of Applied Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering at the Technical University of Nova Scotia in 1985 and 1990 respectively. More>>
