Appreciating African American Rhetoric Through the Lens of Afrocentricity

• 作 者: Abhik ROY Bayo OLUDAJA
• 机 构: Loyola Marymount University,Northwest Missouri State University,
• 出 处: Comparative Literature:East & West
• 发表日期: 2012年02期
• 关键词: African heritage thinking notion tradition religious Poetry globalization mainst

本文透过非洲中心主义这个视角来讨论美国黑人话语的丰富性。这种美国黑人话语主要体现在诺莫人(Nommo)这个首要概念上,以及该概念的对于理解非洲中心世界观极其关键的各种特质上。本文将从理论上考察非洲中心主义的修辞,并阐释非洲中心主义的理论/哲学层面以及非洲中心主义与欧洲中心主义在话语理论化方式上的差异。本文指出理解诺莫人(Nommo)这个植根于非洲哲学和本体论的核心概念对有效分析和深入理解美国黑人话语至关重要。

This article discusses the richness of African American discourse through the perspective of African centralism. This Afro-American discourse is mainly reflected in the primary concept of the Nommo, as well as in the various traits of the concept that are crucial to the understanding of the worldview of Africa. This article will theoretically examine the rhetoric of African centralism and explain the theoretical / philosophical aspects of African centralism and the differences in the theorized discourse of anthropocentrism and Eurocentrism. This article points out that understanding the core concept of the Nommo, a philosophy rooted in African philosophy and ontology, is crucial for effective analysis and deeper understanding of Afro-American discourse.