Na'im Akbar
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Na'im Akbar, Ph.D is a Clinical Psychologist that is considered one of the world's preeminent Psychologists and a pioneer in the development of an African-centered approach in modern psychology. Akbar is currently on the faculty in the Department of Psychology at Florida State University
. He changed his name first to Luther X and then to Na'im Akbar after joining the Nation of Islam in 1971. Akbar is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the psychology of Africans. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as Associate Professor at Norfolk State University
,was Chairman of the Morehouse College
Psychology Department at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He has served on the Boards of Directors of a variety of important civic and professional organizations, including several terms on the Board of the National Association of Black Psychologists, which he was elected president in 1987. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Black Studies
and for eight years was the associate editor of the Journal of Black Psychology
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Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
. He changed his name first to Luther X and then to Na'im Akbar after joining the Nation of Islam in 1971. Akbar is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the psychology of Africans. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as Associate Professor at Norfolk State University
Norfolk State University
Norfolk State University is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts, historically black university located in Norfolk, Virginia. It is member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the Virginia High-Tech Partnership.-Academics:...
,was Chairman of the Morehouse College
Morehouse College
Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Wabash College, Morehouse is one of three remaining traditional men's colleges in the United States....
Psychology Department at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He has served on the Boards of Directors of a variety of important civic and professional organizations, including several terms on the Board of the National Association of Black Psychologists, which he was elected president in 1987. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Black Studies
Journal of Black Studies
Journal of Black Studies is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the fields of social sciences and ethnic studies concerning African-American culture. The journal's editors-in-chief are Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama...
and for eight years was the associate editor of the Journal of Black Psychology
Journal of Black Psychology
The Journal of Black Psychology is a quarterly psychology journal published by the Association of Black Psychologists. The journal was founded in 1974 and publishes original research in a wide variety of areas:* African-centered psychology...
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Published work
- Chain And Images of Psychological Slavery (1984)
- The Community of Self (1985)
- Visions for Black Men (1992)
- Light from Ancient Africa (1994)
- Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery(1996)
- Know Thy Self (1998)
- Akbar Papers In African Psychology (2004)
Quotes
- "We are ignorant of who we are and what we can do. We have a need to gain consciousness and only in consciousness is our true human capacity open to us."
- "Black People in America have a much greater inner power than they realize, but they must re-discover themselves in order to use it."
- "Human beings are equipped with what they need to do and once they are stirred with that realization, there are no barriers."