Introduction by Jazzmin Matthews and Alexandria Miller, San Francisco State University, US
Section I: An Afrocentric Approach to Education
1. The African Worldview, African Epistemologies, and an African-Centered Pedagogy of Healing: Implications for Africana Studies
Karanja Keita Carroll and Sekhmet Maat, Tennessee State University, US
2. African Deep Thought: An African-Centered Approach to Critical Thinking
M. Keith Claybrook Jr., California State University, US
3. Teaching (Black) Girlhood Studies
Crystal L. Edwards, San Francisco State University, US
4. Africana Meets Anthropology: What It Means to Teach with an Afrodiasporic Framework
Messias Basques, University of Glasgow, UK
Section II: Africana Studies in the Digital World
5. Assessing the Challenges Facing the Discipline of Africana Studies in the Digital Age
Tendai Chiguware, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
6. Nou pa pale Fransè isi a: The Haitian Diaspora, Kreyòl Legitimization, and Social Media
Charmane Perry, San Diego State University, US
Section III: Gendering and Queering Africana Studies
7. Reflections and New Directions: Examining the Impact of Africana Womanism
Eva Bohler, California State University, US
8. Zanele Muholi's Faces and Phases Series, Community-Based Practice, and Queer Subjectivities
Cortney A. Berg, City University of New York, US
Section IV: Africana Family Studies
9. Mad at the World: Black Families, Antiblackness, and the Black Child in Toni Morrison's (Neo) Slave Novels
Biko Caruthers, New York University, US
10. Drama and Entertainment in Traditional African Performances
Adjeketa Blessing (Dennis Osadebay University, Nigeria), Enita Godfrey (Niger Delta University, Nigeria), and Kenneth Eni (Niger Delta University, Nigeria)
Section V: Africana Health and Wellness
11. Assessing Black Women's Use of Culturally Specific Ways of Coping
Vanessa Oliphant (University of Mississippi, US), Olufunke Benson (Oklahoma State University, US), Jermaine Robertson (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, US), and LaRicka R. Wingate (Oklahoma State University, US)
12. A Brief Overview of Conceptualizations of African Psychology in the United States and South Africa
DeReef F. Jamison, Florida State University, US
13. COVID-19 Pandemic, Multiple Interpretations of Causes and Cures: Perspectives from Nigerian Religious Communities
Daniel Olisa Iweze, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Section VI: Africana Social Science Research
14. Extending the Frontiers of Social Science Research and Knowledge Production in Africana Studies
Kudakwashe Chirambwi, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
15. The Relationship Between Historical Redlining Zones and Proximity to Green Space in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Mia Ray, Penn State College of Medicine, US
16. Language Policy and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Preliminary Study
Da'Vonte Lyons, George Washington University, US
Section VII: New Perspectives
17. The Third Root of Latin America: Notes on the Field of Afro-Latin American Studies
Malvika Nair, University of Warwick, UK
18. Readiness Is All: Retracing Walker and Anderson's The Black Panther Party
Jyoti Puri, Boston University, US
19. Transmigration and Suicide in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Ashley R. Tibollo, University at Buffalo, US
20. Racial Microaggression on Campus in Christina Hammonds Reed's The Black Kids
Pritha Sanyal, Presidency University, India
Index
About the Contributors
About the Editors