A pesquisa apresentada nesta Dissertação de Mestrado investiga o modo de produção de novos Griot’s, a partir de atividades afrocentradas, realizadas com crianças participantes das Oficinas “Semeando a História”, na ONG AfroSul/Òḍ óṃ ọdé, na cidade de Porto Alegre/RS. Através da perspectiva com uma inspiração pós-estruturalista e da metodologia de pesquisas com crianças, concebi-as como parceiras nesta pesquisa, buscando seus aceites expressos em palavras e atitudes, bem como dos Griot’s e demais participantes do local. Investigo como os modos de ser Griot influi diretamente nas atividades, nos discursos, nas relações entre as crianças, e destas com os adultos, subjetivando-as num modo de ser criança e de viver suas infâncias diferenciado e afrocentrado. Discuto os diferentes modos de ser criança ao longo da história e como a formação étnico-cultural da população brasileira fundamenta tais diferenças e as caracteriza. Constituo o modo de ser afro-gaúcho, um afrobrasileiro produzido a partir da convivência e das relações instituídas no espaço geográfico do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, a partir das diferentes etnias historicamente aqui residentes Evidencio as diversas atividades propostas às crianças, a partir das conversas, de uma oralidade basilar, que entremeia as propostas, e materializa as aprendizagens em outras formas de representações. Nestas infâncias múltiplas, e suas contribuições na produção destes novos sujeitos, crianças que percebem o mundo em sua diversidade e multiplicidade cultural e étnicorracial, encerra-se o desejo de ampliação das ações pensadas e planejadas para a manutenção das culturas ancestrais negro-africanas, afrobrasileiras e afro-gaúchas, potencializando a continuidade das tradições, em especial, da tradição dos Mestres dos Saberes e da Pedagogia Griot. Relato esta experiência vivida a partir de minhas experiências em família afrocentrada, num modo de ser partícipe da aprendizagem neste espaço de Pesquisa, num processo holístico da construção deste relato de si e do outro que estes Mestres dos Saberes utilizam para ensinar. / The research presented in this Master's Dissertation investigates the Griot's new mode of production, from african-centred activities carried out with children participated in the workshops "Sowing History" in AfroSul/Ọdọmọdé NGO in the city of Porto Alegre / RS. Through the perspective with a poststructuralist inspiration and research methodology with children, conceived them as partners in this research, seeking their accepted expressed in words and actions, as well as the Griot's and other participants of the site. Investigate how the ways of being Griot directly influences the activities, in speeches, in relations between the children, and those with adults, subjectively them in a way to be a child and to live their differentiated and african-centred childhoods. Discuss the different ways of being child throughout history and how the ethnic and cultural background of the population bases such differences and features Consisting how to be african-gaucho, one Afro-Brazilian produced from living and relationships established in the geographical area of the Rio Grande do Sul state, from different ethnic groups historically living here. Made evident the various activities proposed to children from the conversation, a basic orality, which intersperses the proposals, and the learning embodied in other forms of representations. These multiple childhoods, and their contributions to the production of these new subjects, children who perceive the world in its diversity and cultural and étnicorracial multiplicity, closes the desire for expansion of thought and planned actions for the maintenance of black-African ancestral cultures, Afrobrazilian and african-gaucho, enhancing the continuity of traditions, in particular the tradition of the Masters of Knowledge and Griot Education. Report this lived experience from my experiences in afrocentrada family, a way of being a participant of learning in this search space, a holistic process of building this story of self and other that these Masters of Knowledge use to teach.

<p>In 1998 the University of the Western Cape together with the University of Cape Town, and the Robben Island Museum introduced a Post-graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies. This programme was innovative in that not only did it bring together two universities in a programme where the inequalities of resources derived from their apartheid legacies was recognised, but it also formally incorporated an institution of public culture that was seeking to make a substantial imprint in the post-apartheid heritage sphere as part of its structure. In 2003 this programme attracted substantial funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and was rebranded as the African Program in Museum and Heritage Studies (APMHS). While this rebranding of the programme might seem to be innocently unproblematic and commendable as part of the effort at re-insertion of South Africa into Africa after the isolation of apartheid, an analysis of the concepts employed in the rebranding raises serious theoretical, conceptual, and disciplinary questions for heritage studies as an academic discipline and for its connections with other fields, especially the interdisciplinary study of Africa. What are the implications of a programme that brings together the concepts of ʹAfrican-Heritage-Studiesʹ? Does the rebranding signify a major epistemological positioning in the study of Africa or has it chosen to ignore debates on the problematic of the conjunction of the concepts? This study address these issues through a historical and philosophical analysis of the programme, exploring how it was developed both in relation to ideas of heritage and heritage studies in Africa and, most importantly by re-locating it in debates on the changing meaning of&nbsp / ʹAfricaʹ in African studies.</p>

A major challenge facing parent educators and professionals who provide prevention and early intervention programs/services for people of colour, specifically Black families in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the lack of culturally relevant programs. An Afrocentric approach that incorporates concepts from the Empowerment and Ecological Systems theories will bridge this gap because it provides a framework for examining the impact of culture and race on Black family life and parenting. Reflecting on the African proverb, "it takes a village to raise a child", the study emphasizes the role of Black communities in supporting families for enhancing the healthy development of their children. The study examines Black parents' beliefs and goals about using racial socialization as a parenting strategy to address issues of race and discrimination that impact Black parenting. Findings indicate that parents in HRM are currently practicing some form of racial socialization, and are receptive to this model.

<p>In 1998 the University of the Western Cape together with the University of Cape Town, and the Robben Island Museum introduced a Post-graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies. This programme was innovative in that not only did it bring together two universities in a programme where the inequalities of resources derived from their apartheid legacies was recognised, but it also formally incorporated an institution of public culture that was seeking to make a substantial imprint in the post-apartheid heritage sphere as part of its structure. In 2003 this programme attracted substantial funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and was rebranded as the African Program in Museum and Heritage Studies (APMHS). While this rebranding of the programme might seem to be innocently unproblematic and commendable as part of the effort at re-insertion of South Africa into Africa after the isolation of apartheid, an analysis of the concepts employed in the rebranding raises serious theoretical, conceptual, and disciplinary questions for heritage studies as an academic discipline and for its connections with other fields, especially the interdisciplinary study of Africa. What are the implications of a programme that brings together the concepts of ʹAfrican-Heritage-Studiesʹ? Does the rebranding signify a major epistemological positioning in the study of Africa or has it chosen to ignore debates on the problematic of the conjunction of the concepts? This study address these issues through a historical and philosophical analysis of the programme, exploring how it was developed both in relation to ideas of heritage and heritage studies in Africa and, most importantly by re-locating it in debates on the changing meaning of&nbsp / ʹAfricaʹ in African studies.</p>

This study uses mixed methods to examine the experiences of African American women in doctoral programs. 102 African American women completed an on-line survey, and twenty women participated in one-on-one interviews. As an African American female, the researcher is interested in comparing the experiences of African American women: critiquing, analyzing and interpreting similarities and points of divergence in their experiences, and articulating stories of triumph and struggle, using a narrative style. This study confirms that Black women have experienced success in doctoral programs. Some of the participants had meaningful and supportive mentors. They have had limited exposure to Black faculty and/or scholarship. The participants in this study illuminate the dynamics inherent in their relationships with their dissertation committee members, particularly the chairs of their respective committees. In addition, this study explores the discordant relationship between Black female graduate students and Black female dissertation committee members. A majority of the participants were unfamiliar with the term Afrocentricity. They did not fathom that Afrocentricity could be used as a methodological or theoretical framework. All the participants exhibited at least one tenet of Afrocentricity. They are testimonies of the veracity of the Sankofian principles of looking back, reclaiming, and retelling their collective stories. These stories serve as inspiration for some and models of commitment for others.

A pesquisa apresentada nesta Dissertação de Mestrado investiga o modo de produção de novos Griot’s, a partir de atividades afrocentradas, realizadas com crianças participantes das Oficinas “Semeando a História”, na ONG AfroSul/Òḍ óṃ ọdé, na cidade de Porto Alegre/RS. Através da perspectiva com uma inspiração pós-estruturalista e da metodologia de pesquisas com crianças, concebi-as como parceiras nesta pesquisa, buscando seus aceites expressos em palavras e atitudes, bem como dos Griot’s e demais participantes do local. Investigo como os modos de ser Griot influi diretamente nas atividades, nos discursos, nas relações entre as crianças, e destas com os adultos, subjetivando-as num modo de ser criança e de viver suas infâncias diferenciado e afrocentrado. Discuto os diferentes modos de ser criança ao longo da história e como a formação étnico-cultural da população brasileira fundamenta tais diferenças e as caracteriza. Constituo o modo de ser afro-gaúcho, um afrobrasileiro produzido a partir da convivência e das relações instituídas no espaço geográfico do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, a partir das diferentes etnias historicamente aqui residentes Evidencio as diversas atividades propostas às crianças, a partir das conversas, de uma oralidade basilar, que entremeia as propostas, e materializa as aprendizagens em outras formas de representações. Nestas infâncias múltiplas, e suas contribuições na produção destes novos sujeitos, crianças que percebem o mundo em sua diversidade e multiplicidade cultural e étnicorracial, encerra-se o desejo de ampliação das ações pensadas e planejadas para a manutenção das culturas ancestrais negro-africanas, afrobrasileiras e afro-gaúchas, potencializando a continuidade das tradições, em especial, da tradição dos Mestres dos Saberes e da Pedagogia Griot. Relato esta experiência vivida a partir de minhas experiências em família afrocentrada, num modo de ser partícipe da aprendizagem neste espaço de Pesquisa, num processo holístico da construção deste relato de si e do outro que estes Mestres dos Saberes utilizam para ensinar. / The research presented in this Master's Dissertation investigates the Griot's new mode of production, from african-centred activities carried out with children participated in the workshops "Sowing History" in AfroSul/Ọdọmọdé NGO in the city of Porto Alegre / RS. Through the perspective with a poststructuralist inspiration and research methodology with children, conceived them as partners in this research, seeking their accepted expressed in words and actions, as well as the Griot's and other participants of the site. Investigate how the ways of being Griot directly influences the activities, in speeches, in relations between the children, and those with adults, subjectively them in a way to be a child and to live their differentiated and african-centred childhoods. Discuss the different ways of being child throughout history and how the ethnic and cultural background of the population bases such differences and features Consisting how to be african-gaucho, one Afro-Brazilian produced from living and relationships established in the geographical area of the Rio Grande do Sul state, from different ethnic groups historically living here. Made evident the various activities proposed to children from the conversation, a basic orality, which intersperses the proposals, and the learning embodied in other forms of representations. These multiple childhoods, and their contributions to the production of these new subjects, children who perceive the world in its diversity and cultural and étnicorracial multiplicity, closes the desire for expansion of thought and planned actions for the maintenance of black-African ancestral cultures, Afrobrazilian and african-gaucho, enhancing the continuity of traditions, in particular the tradition of the Masters of Knowledge and Griot Education. Report this lived experience from my experiences in afrocentrada family, a way of being a participant of learning in this search space, a holistic process of building this story of self and other that these Masters of Knowledge use to teach.

A pesquisa apresentada nesta Dissertação de Mestrado investiga o modo de produção de novos Griot’s, a partir de atividades afrocentradas, realizadas com crianças participantes das Oficinas “Semeando a História”, na ONG AfroSul/Òḍ óṃ ọdé, na cidade de Porto Alegre/RS. Através da perspectiva com uma inspiração pós-estruturalista e da metodologia de pesquisas com crianças, concebi-as como parceiras nesta pesquisa, buscando seus aceites expressos em palavras e atitudes, bem como dos Griot’s e demais participantes do local. Investigo como os modos de ser Griot influi diretamente nas atividades, nos discursos, nas relações entre as crianças, e destas com os adultos, subjetivando-as num modo de ser criança e de viver suas infâncias diferenciado e afrocentrado. Discuto os diferentes modos de ser criança ao longo da história e como a formação étnico-cultural da população brasileira fundamenta tais diferenças e as caracteriza. Constituo o modo de ser afro-gaúcho, um afrobrasileiro produzido a partir da convivência e das relações instituídas no espaço geográfico do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, a partir das diferentes etnias historicamente aqui residentes Evidencio as diversas atividades propostas às crianças, a partir das conversas, de uma oralidade basilar, que entremeia as propostas, e materializa as aprendizagens em outras formas de representações. Nestas infâncias múltiplas, e suas contribuições na produção destes novos sujeitos, crianças que percebem o mundo em sua diversidade e multiplicidade cultural e étnicorracial, encerra-se o desejo de ampliação das ações pensadas e planejadas para a manutenção das culturas ancestrais negro-africanas, afrobrasileiras e afro-gaúchas, potencializando a continuidade das tradições, em especial, da tradição dos Mestres dos Saberes e da Pedagogia Griot. Relato esta experiência vivida a partir de minhas experiências em família afrocentrada, num modo de ser partícipe da aprendizagem neste espaço de Pesquisa, num processo holístico da construção deste relato de si e do outro que estes Mestres dos Saberes utilizam para ensinar. / The research presented in this Master's Dissertation investigates the Griot's new mode of production, from african-centred activities carried out with children participated in the workshops "Sowing History" in AfroSul/Ọdọmọdé NGO in the city of Porto Alegre / RS. Through the perspective with a poststructuralist inspiration and research methodology with children, conceived them as partners in this research, seeking their accepted expressed in words and actions, as well as the Griot's and other participants of the site. Investigate how the ways of being Griot directly influences the activities, in speeches, in relations between the children, and those with adults, subjectively them in a way to be a child and to live their differentiated and african-centred childhoods. Discuss the different ways of being child throughout history and how the ethnic and cultural background of the population bases such differences and features Consisting how to be african-gaucho, one Afro-Brazilian produced from living and relationships established in the geographical area of the Rio Grande do Sul state, from different ethnic groups historically living here. Made evident the various activities proposed to children from the conversation, a basic orality, which intersperses the proposals, and the learning embodied in other forms of representations. These multiple childhoods, and their contributions to the production of these new subjects, children who perceive the world in its diversity and cultural and étnicorracial multiplicity, closes the desire for expansion of thought and planned actions for the maintenance of black-African ancestral cultures, Afrobrazilian and african-gaucho, enhancing the continuity of traditions, in particular the tradition of the Masters of Knowledge and Griot Education. Report this lived experience from my experiences in afrocentrada family, a way of being a participant of learning in this search space, a holistic process of building this story of self and other that these Masters of Knowledge use to teach.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / In 1998 the University of the Western Cape together with the University of Cape Town, and the Robben Island Museum introduced a Post-graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies. This programme was innovative in that not only did it bring together two universities in a programme where the inequalities of resources derived from their apartheid legacies was recognised, but it also formally incorporated an institution of public culture that was seeking to make a substantial imprint in the post-apartheid heritage sphere as part of its structure. In 2003 this programme attracted substantial funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and was rebranded as the African Program in Museum and Heritage Studies (APMHS). While this rebranding of the programme might seem to be innocently unproblematic and commendable as part of the effort at re-insertion of South Africa into Africa after the isolation of apartheid, an analysis of the concepts employed in the rebranding raises serious theoretical, conceptual, and disciplinary questions for heritage studies as an academic discipline and for its connections with other fields, especially the interdisciplinary study of Africa. What are the implications of a programme that brings together the concepts of 'African-Heritage-Studies'? Does the rebranding signify a major epistemological positioning in the study of Africa or has it chosen to ignore debates on the problematic of the conjunction of the concepts? This study address these issues through a historical and philosophical analysis of the programme, exploring how it was developed both in relation to ideas of heritage and heritage studies in Africa and, most importantly by re-locating it in debates on the changing meaning of 'Africa' in African studies. / South Africa

Thesis (Ph. D. (Psychology)) -- University of Limpopo, 2020 / Eurocentric literature has contributed towards the understanding of homosexuality for centuries. However, there is very little literature on perceptions of homosexuality from an African perspective. Based on this historical gap, the aim of the current study was to explore Northern Sotho traditional healers’ perceptions of homosexuality in the Capricorn District in Limpopo Province, South Africa. This was with the intention of documenting themes pertinent to Northern Sotho culture regarding homosexuality. Ten (10) participants (7 females and 3 males) were interviewed in the current study and they were selected using snowball sampling. Data was collected using individual face-to-face interviews guided by semi-structured questions and analysed using Thematic content analysis (TCA). The study was underpinned by Afrocentricity. The main themes and sub-themes which emerged from the data analysis were: homosexuality threatens family structure and values; homosexuality is regarded as a taboo and a disgrace; homosexuality and ancestral calling; historical evidence of homosexuality; homosexuality is confusing; homosexuality and western culture; homosexuality and cleansing (mourning process); homosexuality, traditional healing and ancestral calling; homosexuality and initiation schools as well as proposed interventions to curb homosexuality. The results of the study suggest that understanding homosexuality is not consistent with Northern Sotho culture. The study contributes to knowledge and information within Northern Sotho culture and offers suggestions for indigenous knowledge systems (IKS), academic training, policy development and legislation in terms of homosexuality and the indigenous culture. The study also offers guidelines, which health care workers and any other relevant personnel who work closely with homosexuals, should be cognisant of. Furthermore, valuable lessons were also reasoned from the current study in terms of homosexuality and Northern Sotho culture in the area where the research took place.

Thesis (Ph.D. (TshiVenda)) -- University of Limpopo, 2020 / This research study investigated the Vhuthu African philosophy in four selected Tshivenḓa novels, namely; A si Ene (Madima, 1954), Bulayo ḽo Ṱalifhaho (Magau, 1980), Thonga i Pfi Ndo Vhaḓa (Demana, 2015) and Ḽi a Kovhela (Mugwena, 2014) respectively. The Vhuthu philosophical principles formed the main part of the literature review in this study, which afforded the researcher the opportunity to read through, gain an understanding and develop a detailed analysis of the concept of Vhuthu as depicted in the aforementioned novels. Undergirded by the Afrocentricity Theory, this study foregrounds the depiction of African Vhuthu philosophy in the mentioned Tshivenḓa novels. The Afrocentric theoretical perspective centralises the agency of Africans and is geared towards drawing Africans from the margins to the centre in various spheres of society. This study illustrates how Vhuthu, as an essential tenet of African life and philosophy, is embraced by the Vhavenḓa. The study employed the qualitative approach, and used Textual Analysis in the analysis of data obtained from the four selected Tshivenḓa novels. In its investigation of the depiction of Vhuthu in the four selected Tshivenḓa novels, this study was framed within four main objectives of the study, namely: (i) to identify aspects that depict Vhuthu from the selected Tshivenḓa novels, (ii) to investigate the benefits of Vhuthu from the selected novels, (ii) to investigate the shortcomings of Vhuthu from the selected novels and, (iii) to establish the relevance of Vhuthu in present-day society. In the analysis of the selected novels, it was found that there were instances where the characters acted in accordance to the Vhuthu philosophical principles while in other instances, the characters somewhat contravened the Vhuthu philosophy. Overall, the study suggests that the Vhuthu philosophy must be included in the school curricula because, as the study argues, most people who act against the philosophy’s principles are largely the youth.