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Na'im Akbar is a clinical psychologist well known for his Afrocentric approach to psychology. He is a distinguished scholar, public speaker, and author. Akbar entered the world of Black psychology in the 1960s, as the Black Power Movement was gaining momentum. In the 1970s, Akbar published his first critiques of the Eurocentric psychological tradition, asserting that this model maintained the intellectual oppression of African Americans. Akbar criticized the pathology perspectives that had taken over as the dominant literature on African Americans. Many of his major works involved mental health among African Americans.

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  • Na'im Akbar, nascut Luther B. Weems Jr, és un psicòleg clínic, pioner en una aproximació afrocentrista de la psicologia moderna. Primer es va canviar el seu nom i es passà a dir Luther X i posteriorment Na'im Akbar quan es va adherir a Nation of islam el 1971. Akbar és un preeminent estudiós, conferenciant i autor. El 1987 fou elegit president de la National Association of Black Psychologists. Ha estat editor del i fou editor associat del Journal of Black Psychology. (ca)
  • Na'im Akbar is a clinical psychologist well known for his Afrocentric approach to psychology. He is a distinguished scholar, public speaker, and author. Akbar entered the world of Black psychology in the 1960s, as the Black Power Movement was gaining momentum. In the 1970s, Akbar published his first critiques of the Eurocentric psychological tradition, asserting that this model maintained the intellectual oppression of African Americans. Akbar criticized the pathology perspectives that had taken over as the dominant literature on African Americans. Many of his major works involved mental health among African Americans. (en)
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