New Perspectives in Africana Studies

Dr. Crystal L. Edwards is assistant professor and program coordinator in the Africana Studies Department at San Francisco State University, US.Dr. Abul Pitre is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University, US.

• Introduction by Jazzmin Matthews and Alexandria Miller, San Francisco State University, USSection I: An Afrocentric Approach to Education1. The African Worldview, African Epistemologies, and an African-Centered Pedagogy of Healing: Implications for Africana StudiesKaranja Keita Carroll and Sekhmet Maat, Tennessee State University, US2. African Deep Thought: An African-Centered Approach to Critical ThinkingM. Keith Claybrook Jr., California State University, US3. Teaching (Black) Girlhood Studies Crystal L. Edwards, San Francisco State University, US4. Africana Meets Anthropology: What It Means to Teach with an Afrodiasporic FrameworkMessias Basques, University of Glasgow, UKSection II: Africana Studies in the Digital World5. Assessing the Challenges Facing the Discipline of Africana Studies in the Digital AgeTendai Chiguware, University of Fort Hare, South Africa6. Nou pa pale Fransè isi a: The Haitian Diaspora, Kreyòl Legitimization, and Social MediaCharmane Perry, San Diego State University, USSection III: Gendering and Queering Africana Studies7. Reflections and New Directions: Examining the Impact of Africana WomanismEva Bohler, California State University, US8. Zanele Muholi’s Faces and Phases Series, Community-Based Practice, and Queer SubjectivitiesCortney A. Berg, City University of New York, USSection IV: Africana Family Studies9. Mad at the World: Black Families, Antiblackness, and the Black Child in Toni Morrison’s (Neo) Slave NovelsBiko Caruthers, New York University, US10. Drama and Entertainment in Traditional African PerformancesAdjeketa Blessing (Dennis Osadebay University, Nigeria), Enita Godfrey (Niger Delta University, Nigeria), and Kenneth Eni (Niger Delta University, Nigeria)Section V: Africana Health and Wellness11. Assessing Black Women’s Use of Culturally Specific Ways of Coping Vanessa Oliphant (University of Mississippi, US), Olufunke Benson (Oklahoma State University, US), Jermaine Robertson (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, US), and LaRicka R. Wingate (Oklahoma State University, US)12. A Brief Overview of Conceptualizations of African Psychology in the United States and South Africa DeReef F. Jamison, Florida State University, US13. COVID-19 Pandemic, Multiple Interpretations of Causes and Cures: Perspectives from Nigerian Religious Communities Daniel Olisa Iweze, University of Benin, Benin City, NigeriaSection VI: Africana Social Science Research14. Extending the Frontiers of Social Science Research and Knowledge Production in Africana StudiesKudakwashe Chirambwi, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe15. The Relationship Between Historical Redlining Zones and Proximity to Green Space in Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaMia Ray, Penn State College of Medicine, US16. Language Policy and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Preliminary StudyDa’Vonte Lyons, George Washington University, USSection VII: New Perspectives17. The Third Root of Latin America: Notes on the Field of Afro-Latin American StudiesMalvika Nair, University of Warwick, UK18. Readiness is All: Retracing Walker and Anderson’s The Black Panther PartyJyoti Puri, Punjabi University, Patiala, India19. Transmigration and Suicide in the Early Modern Atlantic WorldAshley R. Tibollo, University at Buffalo, US20. Racial Microaggression on Campus in Christina Hammonds Reed’s The Black KidsPritha Sanyal, Presidency University, IndiaIndexAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editors