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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23333</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2020-20-1-210-217</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>НАУЧНЫЕ ШКОЛЫ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>学派</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Afrocentricity as the Organizing Principle for African Renaissance. Interview with Prof. Molefi Kete Asante, Temple University (USA)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Афроцентризм как организационный принцип африканского Ренессанса. Интервью с МОЛЕФИ КЕТЕ АСАНТЕ, профессором Университета Темпл (США)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Smith</surname><given-names>Aaron X.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Смит</surname><given-names>Аарон</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Africology, Assistant Professor - Instructional, Africology and African American Studies, College of Libaral Arts</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор африкологии, доцент кафедры африкологии и афроамериканских исследований, Колледж гуманитарных наук</p></bio><email>asmith10@temple.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Temple University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Темпл</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>20</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Decolonization, Neocolonialism and Recolonization: 60th Anniversary of the Year of Africa</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Деколонизация, неоколониализм и реколонизация: к 60-летию Года Африки</issue-title><fpage>210</fpage><lpage>217</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-03-30"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Smith A.X.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Смит А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Smith A.X.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Смит А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/23333">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/23333</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Professor Molefi Kete Asante is Professor and Chair of the Department of Africology at Temple University. Asante’s research has focused on the re-centering of African thinking and African people in narratives of historical experiences that provide opportunities for agency. As the most published African American scholars and one of the most prolific and influential writers in the African world, Asante is the leading theorist on Afrocentricity. His numerous works, over 85 books, and hundreds of articles, attest to his singular place in the discipline of African American Studies. His major works, An Afrocentric Manifesto [Asante 2007a], The History of Africa [Asante 2007b], The Afrocentric Idea [Asante 1998], The African Pyramids of Knowledge [Asante 2015], Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation [Asante 2009], As I Run Toward Africa [Asante 2011], Facing South to Africa [Asante 2014], and Revolutionary Pedagogy [Asante 2017], have become rich sources for countless scholars to probe for both theory and content. His recent award as National Communication Association (NCA) Distinguished Scholar placed him in the elite company of the best thinkers in the field of communication. In African Studies he is usually cited as the major proponent of Afrocentricity which the NCA said in its announcing of his Distinguished Scholar award was “a spectacular achievement”. Molefi Kete Asante is interviewed because of his recognized position as the major proponent of Afrocentricity and the most consistent theorist in relationship to creating Africological pathways such as institutes, research centers, departments, journals, conference and workshop programs, and academic mentoring opportunities. Asante has mentored over 100 students, some of whom are among the principal administrators in the field of Africology. Asante is professor of Africology at Temple University and has taught at the University of California, State University of New York, Howard University, Purdue University, Florida State University, as well as held special appointments at the University of South Africa, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and Ibadan University in Nigeria.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Профессор Молефи Кете Асанте - профессор и заведующий кафедрой африканских исследований в Университете Темпл (США). Исследования М. Асанте направлены на то, чтобы ориентировать африканское мышление и африканский народ на переосмысление исторического опыта Африки. Будучи наиболее публикуемым афроамериканским ученым и одним из самых цитируемых и влиятельных авторов в африканском мире, М. Асанте является ведущим современным теоретиком афроцентризма (афроцентричности). Его многочисленные работы (более 85 книг и сотни статей) свидетельствуют о его исключительном месте в сфере афроамериканских исследований. Основные работы: «Афроцентрический манифест» [Asante 2007a], «История Африки» [Asante 2007b], «Афроцентрическая идея» [Asante 1998], «Африканские пирамиды знаний» [Asante 2015], «Стирание расизма: выживание американской нации» [Asante 2009], «Как я бежал к Африке» [Asante 2011], «Лицом к югу от Африки» [Asante 2014] и «Революционная педагогика» [Asante 2017] стали богатыми источниками для многочисленных исследователей. М. Асанте был отмечен наградой «Выдающийся ученый» Национальной коммуникационной ассоциации (NCA), что делает его одним из лучших экспертов в области коммуникации. В своем интервью М. Асанте выражает свою позицию основного сторонника афроцентричности и создания соответствующих институтов, исследовательских центров, департаментов, журналов, программ конференций и семинаров, а также расширения возможностей академического наставничества. М. Асанте подготовил более 100 исследователей, ряд из которых являются одними из ключевых экспертов в области африкологии. М. Асанте является профессором африканистики в Университете Темпл; преподавал в Университете Калифорнии, Университете штата Нью-Йорк, Университете Говарда, Университете Пердью, Университете штата Флорида, а также был приглашенным исследователем в Университете Южной Африки (ЮАР), Университете Чжэцзян в Ханчжоу (КНР), в Ибаданском университете (Нигерия).</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>afrocentricity</kwd><kwd>Africa</kwd><kwd>African Americans</kwd><kwd>African Studies</kwd><kwd>Africology</kwd><kwd>afrofuturism</kwd><kwd>culturalism</kwd><kwd>poscolonial</kwd><kwd>decolonial</kwd><kwd>intellectuals</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>афроцентризм</kwd><kwd>Африка</kwd><kwd>афроамериканцы</kwd><kwd>африканские исследования</kwd><kwd>африкология</kwd><kwd>афрофутуризм</kwd><kwd>культурализм</kwd><kwd>постколониализм</kwd><kwd>деколониализм</kwd><kwd>интеллектуалы</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><award-id></award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Asante, M.K. 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