| LC control no. | n 80060504 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942- |
| Variant(s) | Asante, Molefi K., 1942- Smith, Arthur L., Jr. (Arthur Lee), 1942- |
| Other standard no. | 0000-0002-1382-600X |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1942-08-14 |
| Place of birth | Valdosta (Ga.) |
| Field of activity | College teaching Africa--Study and teaching Africa--Social conditions Afrocentrism |
| Affiliation | Purdue University University of California, Los Angeles Temple University. Department of African-American Studies |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Essayists Poets Civil rights workers |
| Special note | Includes the old catalog headings: Smith, Arthur Lee, 1942- and Asante, Molefi K., 1942-. |
| Found in | Author's Contemporary public communication, applications, c1977. African culture, c1985: CIP t.p. (Molefi Kete Asante) His Toward transracial communication, c1970: t.p. (Arthur L. Smith, Jr.) WW Am., 1986-1987 (Asante, Molefi Kete, b. 8/14/42) Phone call to M.K. Asante, 2/29/88 (Molefi Kete Asante, Temple University Dept. of Afr. Stud.; chgd. name 1975 from Arthur Lee Smith, Jr.) Facing south to Africa, 2014: ECIP title page (Molefi Kete Asante) ECIP data view (Africana scholar, social activist, and philosopher) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Asante, Molefi Kete; educator, essayist, civil rights activist, poet; born 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia, United States; BA in Communication, Oklahoma Christian College (1964); MA in Communication, Pepperdine University (1965); PhD in Communication, University of California at Los Angeles (1968); assistant professor of communication at Purdue University (1968); associate professor of communication at UCLA and director of the Center for Afro-American Studies (1969-1973); founded the Journal of Black Studies, created the African American Library, and wrote the curriculum for UCLA's MA program in African American studies; legally changed his name to Molefi Kete Asante (1973); joined the faculty at SUNY Buffalo; created the world's first PhD program in African American studies at Temple University (1988); spoke at more than 130 university campuses in the United States; lectured in England, France, Japan, China, Malaysia, Brazil, the Caribbean, and Africa; appointed to the African Union's Steering Committee for the Conference of Intellectuals of Africa and Its Diaspora (2003); inducted into the Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent (2004)) The history of Africa, 2024: ECIP title page (Molefi Kete Asante) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 50012609 |
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