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Molefi Kete Asante

b. 1942

United States (Georgia; Philadelphia)

Temple University professor of Africology, born Arthur Lee Smith Jr., who developed the theory of Afrocentricity, founded the Journal of Black Studies, and led the first U.S. doctoral program in African American Studies.

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Granodiorite statue of Haremhab seated as a royal scribe, Egypt c. 1328-1314 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (23.10.1), Open Access. License: Public domain (CC0).

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  1. Temple University College of Liberal Arts, faculty profile "Molefi Kete Asante" (Primary source)
  2. BlackPast, "Molefi Kete Asante/Arthur Lee Smith Jr. (1942- )" (Reference)

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