YURUGU - African Philosophy - Dr. Marimba Ani

Dr. Marimba Ani - An Afrikan Centered Critique of european Cultural Thought and Behavior .

"This study of Europe is an intentionally aggressive polemic. It is an assault upon the European paradigm; a repudiation of its essence. It is initiated with the intention of contributing to the process of demystification necessary for those of us who would liberate ourselves from European intellectual imperialism.

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Dr Marimba Ani is an active organizer in the Afrikan Community. She has conducted Rites of Passage programs for Afrikan youth and young adults. She travels frequently to Ghana, West Afrika, where she is continuing her study and support of Afrikan traditional healing concept and practices. She is part of a "think tank" of Afrikan-centered scholars currently spear-heading the socially and politically dynamic "To Be Afrikan" campaign. She is Director of the Afrikan Heritage Afterschool Program, a voluntary effort which has been operating in the Harlem Community for the past 14 years. Marimba Ani holds a BA degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago, and the MA and Ph.D. degrees in anthropology from the Graduate Faculty of the New School University. She is Professor of Afrikan Studies in the Department of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York City. Her daughter Dzifa graduated in May of 1999 from Howard University with a BS degree in biology.

Blog link : http://radicalprofeminist.blogspot.com/2009/02/marimba-anis-critique-of-...

Biographical information about Dr. Marimba Ani may be found : http://www.africawithin.com/ani/ani_bio.htm

Interview with Dr. Marimba Ani : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7887652700998413008&hl=en#docid...

video source link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7887652700998413008&hl=en

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