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“A PRESENTATION OF
THE STUDY DOMAINS OUR VARIOUS CURRICULA EXECUTE INA WEB 2.0 ENVIRONMENT
”
In
NATIONBUILDING, Agyei Akoto
has produced a volume thatchallenges all Afrikan people, particularly those of us in the United States,to confront with seriousness the responsibilities of educating for liberation,and the reality that the goal of liberation must be Nationhood. This book is amasterpiece of vision. More importantly, by writing candidly about theexperience produced by 20 years of sustained kazi (work) within acollective of creative thinkers and doers, the author helps readersunderstand how the wisdom he reveals in NATIONBUILDING wasdeveloped. One appreciates, through Agyei's writing that nationbuilding isthe process that gives us form and substance within humanity; it is throughthis process that we create and recreate the culture that defines our lives.RBG Street Scholars Think Tank in its content, methods and global level ofparticipation is proving to be one of the most cutting edge digital academic demostrationsonline that has implemented Dr. Akoto
’s
Nationhood- Afrikan Centered Curriculum Standards,with a from GED to Phd focus.
, Kwame
Agyei
.
Nationbuilding
: Theory and Practice in Afrikan Centered.Education. Washington, D.C.: Pan African World Institute, 1992. Asante, Molefi.http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/lecture/levy.pdf
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I.Spirituality and the Psycho-Affective Domain
SPIRITUAL AWARENESSAim:
To transmit the knowledge of Afrikan spiritual tradition, and develop an appreciation fortradition and the ability to apply the major principles to self, family and community
MORAL CONSCIOUSNESSAim:
To foster an understanding and willingness to be guided by those principles thatcharacterize the righteous and just person
FAMILY AS BASIC SPIRITUAL AND MORAL UNITAim:
To develop ail understanding and appreciation for the dynamics affecting the Afrikanfamily; to recognize its centrality to . the Afrikan nationality, and work to revitalize it
SELF-KNOWLEDGE PRACTICEAim:
To facilitate the achievement of total knowledge of self as a unique extension ofthecollective, defined by the collective and committed to it
ANCESTRAL VENERATIONAim:
To facilitate the acquisition and valuing of the wisdom of the ancestors; and to foster acommitment to restore their works and make those works even better than before
II. Cultural and Ideological Domain
THE PRIMACY OF AFRIKAN CIVILIZATION AND THE AFRIKAN ORIGIN OF THE HUMANSPECIESAim:
To develop and inform a complete and more comprehensive historical consciousness,from antiquity to the contemporary, that will be the basis for Afrikan unity and development
AFRIKAN HERITAGE AND CULTURAL UNITYAim:
To develop an appreciation of the need to foster cultural, and political unity among allAfrikan people, and to commit oneself to that task
AFRIKAN CENTERED HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
(Afrikan Perspective on all Knowledge and Intellectual Endeavor)
Aim:
To develop a commitment to reconstruct Afrikan culture through the reclamation of Afrikanhistory and the criti¬cal/creative analysis of all knowledge and experience from an Afrikancentered perspective
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IDEOLOGICAL CLARITY (CONSCIOUSNESS), COMMITMENT AND CONDUCTAim:
To foster an identification with and a desire to participate inthe ongoing dialogue aimed at creating a coherent and dynamic Afrikan/ nationalist ideology forthe liberation and independ¬ence of Afrikan people
BEAUTY AND AESTHETICSAim:
To foster the development of a sense of the. beautiful and righteousness that is Afrikancentered
WHITE SUPREMACY/ RACISM STUDIESAim:
To develop an awareness and sensitivity to the dynamics of white supremacy. To facilitatethe development of personal and collective strategies to counteract the effects of racism/whitesupremacy
III. Socio-Political and Economic Domain
PAN AFRIKAN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UNITY, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENTAim:
To instill commitment to developing Pan Afrikan cultural, political and economic unity andcooperation.
AFRIKAN AMERICAN NATIONALITYAim:
To foster the commitment to the development of an organized, unified, productive anddynamic nationality of Afrikans in America
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIPAim:
To develop an awareness of the necessary qualities of leadership and to inculcate thosenecessary values and skills of leadership that are essential to the liberation and development ofAfrikan people
Aim:
To develop a sensitivity and commitment to eliminate any behaviors typical of sexism andsexual exploitation.
DEMOCRATIC PLURALITY OF RACIAL/ETHNIC NATIONALITIES IN THE AMERICANPOLITICAL ECONOMYAim:
To foster a profound awareness of the psychic and constitutional entrenchment of whiteracial/ethnic supremacy in the U.S. and to advance the Afrikan nationality within the "nation ofnations" that the American political economy in fact is.
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