Nah Dove
Nah Dove | |
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| Born | 1940s |
| Education | State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Occupation(s) | Author, lecturer and scholar |
| Employer | Temple University |
| Notable work | Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makers of Social Change (1998); The Afrocentric School: A Blueprint (2021); Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Discourse (2021) |
| Relatives | Evelyn Dove Mabel Dove Danquah (aunts) |
Nah Dove (born 1940s)
Her book Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makers of Social Change was published in 1998; some of her other publications include The Afrocentric School [a blueprint] (2021), Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Discourse (2021) co-authored with Dr Molefi Kete Asante, and a contribution to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.[3]
Background
Born to a
Encouraged by civil rights activist
Her 1998 book Afrikan Mothers was described by Cecile Wright of
Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makers of Social Change was selected in 1999 as Best Scholarly Book by the Association of Nubian Kemetic Heritage of the United States. She has written articles, chapters, encyclopaedic entries including for the Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America (edited by Mwalimu J. Shujaa and Kenya J. Shujaa) and Encyclopedia of Black Studies (edited by
In 2019, Dove joined the faculty at the college of liberal arts, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she is an assistant professor instruction in the department of Africology and African American studies.[5][9]
Selected writings
Books
- Afrikan Mothers: Bearers of Culture, Makers of Social Change, State University of New York Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0791438817.
- The Afrocentric School [a blueprint], Universal Write Publications, 2021, ISBN 9781942774051.
- Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Discourse, Universal Write Publications, 2021, ISBN 978-1942774099.
Book contributions
- 1994: "The Emergence of Black Supplementary Schools as Forms of Resistance to Racism in the UK". In Shujaa, M. (ed.), Too Much Schooling, Too Little Education: A Paradox of Black Life in White Society. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
- 1996: "Understanding Education for Cultural Affirmation". In Roberson, E. (ed.), To Heal a People: African Scholars Defining a New Reality.
- 1998: "An African Centered Critique of Marx’s Logic". In Altschuler (ed.), The Living Legacy of Marx, Durkheim & Weber: Applications and Analyses of Classical Sociological Theory by Modern Social Scientists. Gordian Knot Books. University of Nebraska Press.
- 2003: "Defining African Womanism". In Mazama, A. (ed.), The Afrocentric Paradigm. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
- 2007: "African Mothers: A case study of Northern Ghanaian Women". In Mazama, A. (ed.), Africa in the 21st Century: Toward a New Future. New York/London: Routledge.
- 2019: "Race and Sex, Growing up in the UK". In Busby, M. (ed.), New Daughters of Africa: An international anthology of writing by women of African descent, 2019.
Journal articles
- "Education and Culture: The Crisis of the African Intellectual", Urban Education, Vol. 31, Issue 4, 1 November 1996;31(4):357–380.[10]
- "African Womanism: An Afrocentric Theory", Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 28, Issue 5, May 1998.[11]
- "Defining a Mother-Centered Matrix to Analyze the Status of Women", Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 33, Issue 1, 1 September 2002, pp. 3–24.[12]
- "A Return to Traditional Health Care Practices: A Ghanaian Study", Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 40, No. 5 (May 2010), pp. 823–834.[13]
- "Race Revisited: Against a Cultural Construction bearing Significant Implications", International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, July 2018.[14]
References
- ^ Busby, Margaret, ed. (2019). New Daughters of Africa. London: Myriad Editions.
- ^ a b c "Faculty: Nah Dove". College of Liberal Arts, Temple University.
- ^ Gulliver, John (9 May 2019). "Book gives a voice to daughters of Africa". Camden New Journal.
- ^ a b c d e Cobbinah, Angela (15 October 2015). "Nah Dove: Against the odds". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ a b Santangelo, Nick (22 August 2019). "CLA Welcomes Its New 2019 Faculty Members". College of Liberal Arts, Temple University. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Afrikan Mothers. SUNY Press.
- ^ "From Ayòbámi Adébáyò to Zadie Smith: meet the New Daughters of Africa". The Guardian. 9 March 2019.
- ^ Gulliver, John (15 March 2019). "Africa's 'new daughters' celebrated in a new anthology". Camden New Journal – via Angela Cobbinah.
- ^ "Nah Dove". College of Liberal Arts, Temple University. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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