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Pan-African and Afro-Asian Alternatives [to] and Critiques [of Eurocentrism]

In: The Challenge of Eurocentrism: Global Perspectives, Policy, and Prospects

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  • Mathew Forstater

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In the winter/spring of 1983, at age twenty-one, I formally converted to Buddhism and also enrolled in my first semester of college courses at Temple University in Philadelphia. The emphasis with the Buddhism for me at this point was on the practice rather than the theory, but the practice motivated me to study Buddhist philosophy. At Temple, I took Math, English, Studio Art (Drawing), and a course entitled, “An Introduction to the Black Aesthetic” offered by the Department of Pan-African Studies and taught by the internationally acclaimed poet, Sonia Sanchez. The class with “The Professor” led me to other courses offered by the Department of Pan-African Studies, the name of which was changed in 1985 to African American Studies, my undergraduate major. My studies of Buddhism and Black Studies were not separate, but rather the concepts of each were continuously overlapping, complementing one another in many ways and on multiple levels.

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  • Mathew Forstater, 2009. "Pan-African and Afro-Asian Alternatives [to] and Critiques [of Eurocentrism]," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Rajani Kannepalli Kanth (ed.), The Challenge of Eurocentrism: Global Perspectives, Policy, and Prospects, chapter 0, pages 63-76, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62089-6_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230620896_5
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