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Molefi Kete Asante

1942–

United States

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Molefi Kete Asante ( ə-SAN-tay; born Arthur Lee Smith Jr.; August 14, 1942) is an American philosopher who is involved in the fields of African-American studies, African studies, and communication studies. He is currently a professor in the Department of Africology at Temple University, where he founded the PhD program in African-American Studies. He is president of the Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies.

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