Dubois and Africa: The Convergence of Consciousness

The 30th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture was held Wednesday, November 12 at UMBC. Molefi Kete Asante, a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University, discusses DuBois and Africa: The Convergence of Consciousness. Asante is an expert on African culture and philosophy and is the author of 65 books and more than 300 articles. The founding editor of the Journal of Black Studies, he is considered to be one of the 10 most widely cited African American writers and scholars.
The event was sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies with additional support from the Dresher Center for the Humanities.

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[shakasaiyah]

@BedRoomGangster well put

[katheryncruz24]

Love the beginning.

[lostbrother1979]

. . . this is perhaps the worst lecture on DuBois i've ever witnessed . . .

[Parmoss1640]

He reminds me of my father in content, timber and tone. Real man.

[amoohjob]

love the INTRO beautifule

[amoohjob]

where is this guye FROM .I WROTE my first hipe hope song withe helpe off a maria carrey album in 96 man that guye handing him the mic looke like a foarmer african war loarde

[amoohjob]

where is this guye FROM .I WROTE my first hipe hope song withe helpe off a maria carrey album in 96

[amoohjob]

where is this guye FROM

[BedRoomGangster]

We cannot categorize this under 'A GREAT SPEECH'.

It goes far beyond, he is talking to us the Living, to our Ancestors and Descendants. Painting with words that little spirit that is indestructible and still burning in each and every African soul.

Such great individuals have done everything necessary for blacks to free them self, If only we could stop being Ignorant and take the pain to reeducate ourselves. Thanks sir.

(Admiration to the lady doing the intro. . She's fine and well dressed.)

[meatlman99]

Great speech. Finally, someone that understands the role of ancient Nubian Kushite civilization and its central role in modern religion, politics, science etc. Accra is the convergence of the past and present. It is interesting because that point in Ghana represents the separation (Middle Passage) ancient bloodlines. The duality is essentially a result of anything African being inferior. It is a distortion of ancient African history.