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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Afrocentric Essentialism 3 1. Africa and the Challenges of Constructing Identity 23 2. Conceptual and Paradigmatic Utilizations and Representations of Africa 59 3. Essentialist Construction of Identity and Pan-Africanism 94 4. Afrocentric Consciousness and Historical Memory 134 5. Afrocentric Essentialism and Globalization 151 Conclusion 172 Notes 190 Bibliography 202 Index 218 This page intentionally left blank ...

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