Ama Mazama, Ph.D.
817 Gladfelter Hall
215-204-1992
Teaching And Research Interests:
Afrocentric Theory, African Language Policies, Caribbean Culture, African Religion
Educational Background:
1987 Ph.D. in Linguistics, with Highest Distinction,
University of la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III, France
Dissertation Advisor: Professor Claude HagandAtilde;¨ge
Professional Experience
1996-pres. Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies, Temple University , Philadelphia , Pa
1993-1995 Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies, Temple University , Philadelphia , Pa
Spring 1993 Visiting Professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies, Howard University , Washington , D.C.
Spring 1993 Visiting Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University , Washington , D.C.
1990-1993 Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and Linguistics Program,
Selected Publications
BooksandAcirc;
Mazama, Ama (ed.).andAcirc; Africa in the Twenty-First Century:andAcirc; Toward a New Future. New York: Routledge. 2007.
Mazama, Ama, Editor of Special Edition of theandAcirc; Journal of Black Studies, "The Barack Obama Phenomenon." September 2007.
Mazama, Ama (ed.).andAcirc; Essays in Honor of an Intellectual Warrior, Molefi Kete Asante.andAcirc; Paris: Editions MandAtilde;©naibuc. 2009.
M. Asante and Ama Mazama, General Editors,andAcirc; Encyclopedia of African Religion, 2 Volumes, Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage. 2009.
M. Asante and Ama Mazama,andAcirc; Afrocentric Infusion for Urban Schools, Philadelphia, Pa: Ankh Institute. 2010.
ArticlesandAcirc;
Mazama, Ama, Naming and Defining: A Critical Link,andAcirc; Journal of Black Studies.andAcirc; September 2009.
Mazama, Ama, Molefi Kete Asante's Contributions to African American Studies, inandAcirc; Essays in Honor of an Intellectual Warrior, Molefi Kete Asante,andAcirc; Ama Mazama (ed.),Paris: Editions MandAtilde;©naibuc. 2009.
Mazama, Ama, Afrocendridade, um paradigma novo, inandAcirc; Afrocendridade, uma abordagem epistemological inovadora- Colecao Sankofa, Vol. 4, Elisa Larkin Nascimento (ed), Sao Paolo, Brazil: Selo Negro Edicoes. 2009.
Mazama, Ama, Graduate Programs in African American Studies, inandAcirc; Handbook of Black Studies, Molefi Asante and Maulana Karenga (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2005.
Mazama, Ama, Disciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity, or Cross-Disciplinarity: Africana Studies and the Vexing Issue of Definition, inandAcirc; Handbook of Black Studies, Molefi Asante and Maulana Karenga (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2005.
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries
Mazama, Ama, andAcirc; Babalawo, inandAcirc; Encyclopedia of African Religion, 2 Volumes, M. Asante and Ama Mazama (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2009.
Mazama, Ama, Bamana, inandAcirc; Encyclopedia of African Religion, 2 Volumes, M. Asante and Ama Mazama (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2009.
Mazama, Ama, Blessing, inandAcirc; Encyclopedia of African Religion, 2 Volumes, M. Asante and Ama Mazama (eds), Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. 2009.
Mazama, Ama. Molefi Kete Asante, inandAcirc; African American National Biography Dictionary, Louis Henry Gates (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press. February 2008.
Mazama, Ama. Afrocentricity,andAcirc; Dictionary of World Ideas. New York: MacMillan. 2005.
Reviews
Mazama, Ama. Review ofandAcirc; Black Masculinity and the U.S. South. From Uncle Tom to Gangsta,andAcirc; RichandAtilde;© Richardson. 2007. Athens: Georgia University Press.andAcirc; African American Literature Review. 2010.andAcirc;
Mazama, Ama. Review ofandAcirc; Mercy, Mercy Me: The Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye, Michael Eric Dyson.andAcirc; African American Literature Review. 2006.
Mazama, Ama. Review ofandAcirc; Sons of Mississipi, Paul Hendrickson,andAcirc; African American Literature Review. 2003.
Mazama, Ama, Review ofandAcirc; Erasing Racism, Molefi Kete Asante,andAcirc; Journal of Political and Social Thought, Lincoln University. 2003.
Mazama, Ama, Review ofandAcirc; The Vodun Quantum Leap, R.Crosley,andAcirc; Journal of Black Studies.2002.
Documentaries
Mazama, Ama and Ryan Saunders, Producers,andAcirc; Haiti 2004: Celebrating 200 Years of Independence, 2008.
Mazama, Ama and Ryan Saunders, Producers,andAcirc; Haiti 2004: 200 AnnandAtilde;©es d'IndandAtilde;©pendance, 2008.
Scholarly Presentations
September 2009, "Kwame Nkrumah and the question of African intellectual colonization," Celebration of Kwame Nkrumah's 100th Anniversary, December 12th Organization, Schomburg Center, Harlem, New York.
September 2009, "Quel randAtilde;´le pour les intellectuals africains dans la renaissance africaine?" Council of Intellectuals of Africa and Its Diaspora, Abidjan, CandAtilde;´te d'Ivoire.
October 2009, 21st Cheikh Anta Diop Conference, Philadelphia, Pa, Plenary speaker: "African Renaissance and the Question of Sacredness."
November 2009, "Linguistic Connections between African and the Caribbean: The Case of Guadeloupe," Black Cultural Center, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
February 2010, "La renaissance africaine et la question religieuse," UniversitandAtilde;© du QuandAtilde;©bec andAtilde; MontrandAtilde;©al (UQAM), Montreal, Quebec.
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