The Next Class Begins Friday, Sept. 17, 2010!
Join Us! The Next Adult Class Starts Sept. 17, 2010 @ 7 p.m.
AFRIKAN WORLD CIVILIZATIONS HISTORY CLASS | Fall 2010 Begins Sept. 17!
Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn ~ Instructor
Explore the history and cultures of Black people around the world, as well as various current issues. Learn things you were never taught in school, and bond with some wonderful like-minded people. Begins 17 September 2010
Where: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Ladera Park Community Center
4750 62nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90056
Class Details: 11 Fridays beginning September 17, 2010. 7:00pm to
9:00pm. Registration begins at 6:00pm. FIRST CLASS FREE! Open to the Public
Duration: 11 weeks
DOWNLOAD FLYER: AWC Flyer Fall 10
DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM: Registration Form
FEE: $100 per course or $15 per class.
Bring filled out to class to speed registration or
Or mail check or money order to:
Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn
P.O. Box 2946,
Inglewood, CA 90305
Or call (213) 368-4976.
The Class Schedule:
AFRIKAN WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn ~ Instructor
CLASS SCHEDULE - Fall 2010
(Subject to change)
Every Friday 7:00pm - 9:00pm
17 September – No Cost-this class only!
This introductory class, which is free, is unlike anything you have ever experienced in your educational training. It focuses on the history, culture, and accomplishments of Black people around the world, but from a perspective different from the traditional approach.
Dr. Asa Hilliard was one of the most brilliant Afrikan world scholars we have ever had. He delivers a stellar lecture on how Afrikan world scholars have been attacked by conservative elements that do not want a non-Western view of the world exposed. We will also look at the history of the soul of the Ashanti nation in Ghana: The Golden Stool.
1 October
Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary, author of the now famous book, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, gives us a dynamic demonstration of her teaching and analytical skills about the intricacies of race, its history and how it affects us today.
15 October
Mahalia Jackson unquestionably remains the queen of gospel music, but her history and affect on the Civil Rights Movement is basically unknown. She was one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's. closest allies. We will also observe how Jackie Robinson's son, David Robinson, made the ultimate commitment in East Afrika development.
22 October
One of the unknown stories in the American Afrikan community is our comedic legacy. For the first time we will learn about the history of Black Comedy.
29 October
Paul Robeson was a legitimate American hero, and an international artist. His uncompromising stance against oppression, support for Afrikan independence, and his socialist philosophy put him in a direct collision course with the American government, which ultimately ruined his career, but not his spirit. We will also take a brief look at the Wodaabe & Tuareg cultures of Niger.
5 November
Ladysmith Black Mambazo is the most popular Afrikan singing group in the world. Their historical development and their contributions to the ending of apartheid are not well known until now. We will also learn about �The Lost Generations�, Australian Afrikan children taken from their families from 1885 and 1969.
12 November
For the first time in this class, we will look at the perspective of the Black man on the Black woman. Expect some surprises here.
19 November
Afrikan scholars in the Nile Valley: Yosef ben-Jochannan, John Henrik Clark, Asa Hilliard, Leonard Jeffries Jr., Na'im Akbar, and others: the supreme Nile Valley lesson.
26 November
NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Weekend)
3 December
Open for late developments.
www.drkwaku.com
Known for his way with students, Kwaku Person-Lynn is a native of Los Angeles, a husband, father of five sons and a grandfather of two. Professionally, he is an historian, musicologist, educator, author, filmmaker, and radio producer.
He has published two books (e.g., First Word: Black Scholars, Thinkers, Warriors: Knowledge, Wisdom, Mental Liberation. New York: Harlem River Press, 1996; On My Journey Now; The Narrative of Dr. John Henrik Clarke. Northridge, CA: California State University, Northridge Department of Pan African Studies special edition of The Journal of Pan African Studies edited by David L. Horne) and is currently working on a third (expected soon). A future book will compile his over 200 articles, essays and book chapters. In the early 1980s, his dissertation chapter "Rap Music - Afrikan Music Renaissance" was the first scholarly publication on rap/hip hop and has been published in several books and on the Internet.
In the early 1970s, Dr. Kwaku was a record producer for A&M Records, the first Black recording engineer at the company, and only one of four Black record executives in the country. He was also founder of the Malcolm X Center in Los Angeles. He received his bachelor degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills, his master and doctorate from UCLA, being the first person of Afrikan descent in the history of UCLA to graduate from the Individual Ph.D. Program, requiring two majors (Afrikan World History and African World Music, and a minor in anthropology).
Dr. Kwaku has also produced two films: Afrikan World Civilizations, covering the history, culture and accomplishments of Africans people around the world, the first of its kind, and Afrikan World Masters, featuring John Henrik Clarke, Ivan Van Sertima, Frances Cress Welsing and Fela Anikulapo Kuti. He also teaches adult and youth history classes in the community.
At a Glance:
Name: Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn
College: L.A. City College and UCLA (undergrad and grad). Degrees Earned:
BA, Masters and PhD
Major: Afrikan World Civilizations
Books: On My Journey
Now: The Narrative and Works o Dr. John Henrik Clarke
First Word: Black Scholars, Thinkers, Warriors
Movies: Afrikan World Civilizations
Afrikan World Masters
Classes:
Afrikan World Civilizations, Spring and Summer Annually
Black History 4 Young People (Summer '11)
CONTACT DR. KWAKU AT (213) 368-4976.
Read Dr. Kwaku's Essays!
