Cover
Halftitle Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Relevance of the Dialogue
Overview of the Book
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Grounding: Afrocentricity's Approach to Development
Defining the Concept of Afrocentricity
Historical Roots of Afrocentricity
The Leitmotifs of Afrocentricity
Afrocentricity and its perspective on African history and Africa's contributions to ancient civilization
Afrocentricity's perspective on racism, slavery and colonialism
Afrocentricity and Its Critics

Afrocentricity's Response to Its Critics
3. Critique of Eurocentrism and a Mapping of African Development Initiatives
Eurocentrism in Development Studies: From Modernization to Neoliberalism
The Post-World War II Development Project and Its Implications for Africa
Africa's Journey with Development under Post-colonial Administrations
Mapping the Future of an African Development Trajectory beyond Eurocentrism
4. Afrocentricity on the Significance of African History for Development
Eurocentric Historiography and the Negation of Africa's Contribution to World Civilization

Afrocentric Historiography and the Restoration of Africa's Contribution to World Civilization
The African Renaissance and the African Development Challenge in Post-colonial Africa
5. Afrocentricity on the Significance of Culture in the Conceptualization of an African Development Paradigm
Defining the Concept of Culture
Eurocentrism, Culture and Development in Africa
Afrocentricity, Culture and Development in Africa
6. Afrocentricity on the Significance of African Agency in Development in Africa
Defining the Concept of African Agency

Problematic Agency and African Development Impasse
Afrocentricity, Agency and Development in Africa
Pan-Africanism
African nationalism
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index