KEY CONCEPTS IN THE DISCIPLINE OF AFRICOLOGY by Molefi Kete Asante, Nah Dove

Key Concepts in the Discipline of Africology is a definitive reference work that establishes the intellectual vocabulary, conceptual architecture, and scholarly orientation of Africology as a disciplined field of study. This volume provides an extensive, carefully curated lexicon of key terms that structure Africological inquiry across history, culture, politics, philosophy, and methodology.

Organized alphabetically, the book offers precise definitions, contextual explanations, etymological grounding, and scholarly cross-referencing for foundational concepts such as Afrocentricity, Afronography, African Womanism, agency, centeredness, cultural unity, and anteriority. Each entry is written with graduate-level rigor and disciplinary clarity, allowing readers to engage Africology on its own epistemic terms rather than through borrowed or distorted frameworks.

Designed for students, faculty, researchers, and academic libraries, this volume functions as both an instructional guide and a scholarly companion. It supports coursework in Africology, Africana Studies, African American Studies, African World Studies, and related fields, and it also serves as an essential reference for dissertation writing, peer-reviewed research, and curriculum development. As the inaugural volume 1 of The Black Lexicon series, Key Concepts in the Discipline of Africology solidifies Africology's conceptual foundations and affirms its status as a mature, globally engaged discipline. This catalog terminology clarifies intellectual lineage, advances disciplinary coherence, and equips scholars with the conceptual tools necessary for sustained academic excellence. Vol. 1 in THE BLACK LEXICON series.