Dr. Naim Akbar Lecture

Dr. Na'im Akbar lecture

Host DeeDee Sharp interviews clinical psychologist, educator and author Dr. Na'im Akbar. Essence Magazine proclaimed him as one of the world's preeminent psychologists and a pioneer in the development of an African-centered approach to modern psychology.

Dr. Akbar has served as associate professor at Norfolk State University, was chairman of Morehouse College's Psychology Department and is currently on the faculty of the Department of Psychology at Florida State University. He has served on numerous boards, including the National Association of Black Psychologists, and also served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Black Psychology. He was the recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Scholar Award. He has been written about in numerous national and international publications & magazines, and has been interviewed on numerous TV shows, including Tony Brown's Journal, The Geraldo Show and the Oprah Winfrey Show.

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In this 1987 episode of Detroit Black Journal, Dr. Tyrone Tilory and Dr. Robert Newby trace the psychological trauma inflicted upon African American's to the slave period of American history and the emphasis that was then put on establishing the total inferiority of the slave. They say that history lingers in the difficulty many African Americans have with low self-esteem and the disregard American society shows toward black people.

The San people are believed to be among the first humans to inhabit the southern Africa region. After entering modern times, the San people in Botswana were deprived of their land and hunting rights. To compound all these, alcoholism and violence spread among the San sub-tribes, as cultural rites and traditions are gradually disappear.

The San people are believed to be among the first humans to inhabit the southern Africa region. After entering modern times, the San people in Botswana were deprived of their land and hunting rights. To compound all these, alcoholism and violence spread among the San sub-tribes, as cultural rites and traditions are gradually disappear.

Zanzibar, a Melting pot of culture, Art and Religion Zanzibar is an island on the east coast of Africa. Zanzibar is renown for its warm hospitable people, its rich spices and the rich history as a trading port. This documentary aims to reveal the secret to cultural diversity and co-existence through the lens of an Omani Plantation owner, a painter, a Taarab singer.

Dr. Patricia Sekhmet Newton Pays tribute to her Jegna (Teacher), Dr. Frances Cress Welsing and also sheds light on the TRUE meaning and motivations behind Urban Ethnic Cleansing, aka, "gentrification," on "Afrikan Deep Thought."

Original airdate: 19 March 2018

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