- Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers, Audio-Visual Materials Series
- Title:
- Dr. Theophile Obenga, AHSA Convention ASHA, March 31, 1995
- Date of Original:
- 1995-03-31
- Subject:
- Education--Curricula
African American scholars
Ethnology
Pan-Africanism - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video recording, dated March 31, 1995, consists of two presentations at the 1995 African Heritage Studies Association Convention. The first presentation is by Dr. Theophile Obenga of Temple University. Dr. Obenga's presentation focuses on an excerpt from a Greek text by Plato, which makes clear that Thales of Miletus, the first known Greek philosopher, was taught by Egyptian priests in Memphis and Thebes. The slides used by Dr. Obenga were developed by Cheikh Anta Diop in the months before his death. The second presentation is by Dr. Maulana Kerenga, a professor at California State University and the founder of the Kwanzaa holiday, who urges his audience to use their knowledge of classical African civilizations (such as Ancient Egypt, Yoruba, and others) to build a "living culture." He argues that Africans need to create a new language for a new consciousness of liberation and that they need to "decolonize" their minds from the ways "the oppressors" think.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.092:0038
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 01:59:19
- Original Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:092 - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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