RBG4Lif Core Curriculum
Thursday, 10. July 2008, 20:39:48
RBG Street Scholar's Advanced Learners SDL (Self Directed Learning) Black Studies Outline: Including Online Overviews and Reading List. You will quickly notice that these authors, "RBGz Professors", and / or their works are presently the composition of the Audio-Visual content of our various curricula and lessons (see below). However, in pursuits of genuine Afrikan scholarship reading their texts is the most definitive teacher of the subject / topic. Also, this outline is an excellent organizing tool for those who are already familiar with and have navigated our communiversity's current advanced study and research link roll table.
Dr. Amiri Baraka On Dr. Du Bois's Double Consciousness Precept and moreSome Online Historical Overviews |
Please use this Afrikan Consciousness IQ Questionnaire as a pre-test, post text instrument for the above online reading component. BlackConsciousness.com - (1) Questions - (IQ Test)
From Nubian Network's Worldwide Black Consciousness Online.
The answers can be found in the BN-W Resource Directory at BlackConsciousness.com Answers (IQ Test). The following books are suggested reading. At least two in each phase should be read and those in bold are considered classic reading material.
AFRICAN HISTORY
The first phase should be devoted to reading about the history of Africa. It should begin with the evolution of mankind and civilization, and extend through the colonial period.
| DeGraft Johnson | African Glory |
| W. E. B. DuBois | The World and Africa The Negro |
| John G. Jackson | Introduction to African Civilization |
| Chancellor Williams | The Destruction of Black Civilization |
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
The second phase consists of African American history. Preferable this phase should begin with West Africa and extend through the civil rights movement of the sixties.
| Lerone Bennett, Jr. | Before the Mayflower |
| John Hope Franklin | From Slavery to Freedom |
| Vincent Harding | There is a River |
| J. A. Rogers | Africa's Gift to America |
AFRICANS of the DIASPORA
The Americas
This area should cover the African descendants of the Caribbean, Latin and South America.
| Jacob Carruthers | The Irrated Genie |
| C. L. R. James | The Black Jacobins |
| Ivan Van Sertima | They Came Before Columbus |
Asia, Australia, Europe, etc.
This area should cover the Blacks throughout the world outside of Africa and The Americas. Although there several books in this area, the works of J. A. Rogers are among the most read and they provide a fairly good expose to the subject.
| J. A. Rogers | Nature Knows No Colorline From Superman to Man Sex and Race Volumes I, II, & III The Worlds Great Men of Color Volumes I & II |
| Ivan Van Sertima | The Golden Age of the Moors |
The above outline should give one a fairly good overview and understanding of Black history. From this vantage point one is able to read particular areas of interest. There are also material refered in the text and indexes of the material suggested that could provide direction for further study.
SPECIALTY AREAS
Ancient Egypt
There is a wealth of material in this area. For beginners the material listed below is suggested. There may be other references, depending on interest, that one may find in the material. The reader is encouraged to follow their interest at this point.
History
| J. A. Rogers | Nature Knows No Colorline From Superman to Man Sex and Race Volumes I, II, & III The Worlds Great Men of Color Volumes I & II |
| Ivan Van Sertima | The Golden Age of the Moors |
| Yosef Ben Jochanna | Black Man of the Nile |
| Martin Bernal | Black Athena Volume I & II |
| Cheik Anta Diop | African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality |
| George G. M. James | Stolen Legacy |
Philosophy & Spirituality
| E. A Wallis Budge | The Book of the Dead Osiris and the Egyptian Ressurection Volume I & II |
| Ra Un Nefer Amen | Metu Neter Volume I & II |
| Jacob H. Carruthers | Mdw Ntr |
| Isha Schwaller De Lubicz | Her-Bak Volume I & II |
WIDGETIZE