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Q- 1. Discuss the contributions of the National Council for Black Studies [NCBS] and the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization [ASCAC] in developing a core-curriculum for Africana/Black Studies; Identify similarities, their differing approaches, and write your closing remark [see pp 3-7]. Q -2. Define the term "tabula rasa" and read the theory of Kwame Anthony Appia on "extrinsic and intrinsic" racism; define the terms and write your closing remarks why the two Pan-Africanists, A. Crummel and Edward Blyden, use colorful languages to describe Africans; is their description be classified as "extrinsic" or "intrinsic" racism? [see p 7-8]. Q.3. Discuss the theory of Placid Temple on the ontology of "Being" for European and "Force" for Africans; discuss the rational for Temple's assumptions and the shortcomings of his theory; use Diop's criteria of African philosophical thought and other scholars understanding of African history in antiquity to discuss the inadequacy of Temple's ethnophilosophy [see pp 8-11]. Q-4. What are the two major treatise of Amo? Discuss Amo's treatises in great detail, how the human mind and body function; compare and contrast his treatise with Cartesian dualism, Rene Descartes and the implications of his work; also define the Latin term "ego; cogito and ergo sum." [See pp 11-12]. Q-5. Compare and contrast the works of African philosophers like Amo and Zera Yacob with European "Enlightenment" scholars such as Descartes, Locke, Hume, and Kant. What is the significance of Zera Yacob and Amo's work in terms of rethinking the Age of Enlightenment and Reason in the history of philosophy?