Molefi Kete Asante - Resume and Abstract

Name	Molefi Kete Asante
Title	Professor at Temple University, US African American Studies Program
Brief Introduction	Professor Molefi Kete Asante is a contemporary African American scholar in the field of African Studies and African American Studies. Professor Asante is known for his theories of Afrocentricity and transracial, intercultural, and international communication
Recent Publications	Asante, M. K. (2005).Ebonics: An Introduction to African American Language. Chicago : African American Images. Asante, M. K. (2005). Cheikh Anta Diop: An Intellectual Portrait. Chicago : Third World Press. Asante, M. K. (2005). Rhetoric, Race, and Identity: The Architecton of Soul. Amherst , NY : Prometheus Books. Asante, M. K. and Maulana Karenga. eds. (2005). Handbook of Black Studies. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications. Asante, M. K. and Ama Mazama, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, December. Asante, M. K. (2003). Erasing Racism: The Social Survival of the American Nation. Amherst : NY: Prometheus Books. Asante, M. K. (2003). Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change, 2nd Edition. Chicago : African American Images.

Paper:

De-westernizing Communication: Strategies for Neutralizing Cultural Myths

Abstract:

It is the purpose of this paper to demonstrate that neutralizing principal stereotypes and myths often held by the Western World of African and Asian cultures is an effective way to create normal human communication. It is the position of the author that abnormal communication which often goes for effective communication is a linear, rational, militaristic approach to human relations that does not allow ambiguity and non-linearity. In fact, it seeks success which serves as a code for conquest. By neutralizing this tendency for asserting stereotypes the communicator can transform communication into a mutual human relationship.