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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Elijah The Tishbite: [qb] I say Afrocentrism is dead and no longer needed, its an obsolete discipline. Most of Eurocentrism has been debunked with the exception of the Hamitic Hypothesis which still exists in various forms. Thoughts? [/qb][/QUOTE]Of course not. African centered scholarship is more valid now than it ever was. But most people when they think of Afrocentrism they think of debates about the skin color of people in the ancient Nile Valley and that is not what African centered or Afrocentric scholarship is all about. And we all know that Eurocentric scholarship has not been defeated and they still promote the same propaganda about Africa and skin color as they always have as you yourself just admitted. Eurocentrism itself is basically a reference to the fact that African historicy, archaeology and anthropology is dominated by Europeans and European institutions. To get a degree in the field of Egyptology, you have to go to Europe and most artifacts from the Nile are in European and other foreign institutions. And that is the fundamental problem, compounded by their dominance of global media. Ultimately the only answer is for Africans to own their own history and the telling of it, which is not currently a high priority for most Africans in the diaspora. So if the issue is whether Africans are doing what it takes to actually create and promote African centered scholarship among African people in the world, that is debatable. Arguing on internet forums is not going to accomplish that goal on its own and cannot be used to judge progress in any real sense. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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