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"A2 is a qualitative inquiry that pushes the bounds of multidisciplinary scholarship through poetics, prose, and academic discourse. Though fairly new, poetic inquiry as a research method has been found in ""social science disciplines of psychology, sociology, anthropology, nursing, social work, geography, women's/feminist studies and education,"" (Prendergast, 2009, p. 545). Harnessing this methodology, Dr. Ayo Sekai ventures to push the limits of academic scholarship by interrogating poetic discourse to address stigmas, norms and psycho-cultural perceptions weaponized against Black people through language. Recognizing the usage of language in oppressive systems, A2 takes readers on an intellectual journey that harnesses the Black experience through poetically informed research, blending the socio-cultural lens of the spoken word. With a foundation of political science, and Sekai's unique voice in the field of Linguistic Imperialism, this text provides eye-opening perspectives through its titular scholarly poetical science discourse."

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In this revised and expanded second edition of a book that she published in 2016 while a second-year doctoral student, Dr. Ayo Sekai uses poetry to reimagine academic scholarship, assert her voice as a linguistic scholar, and reclaim the narrative of her identity and heritage as an Afro-descendant. In doing so, she skillfully positions poetic activism as a potent nexus of art, literature, storytelling, and philosophical expression of societal worldview. This book offers a stimulating and innovative approach to the intellectual renewal and celebration of transcendental Africanity. -Mohamed S. Camara, PhDProfessor and Chair, Department of African StudiesEditor-in-Chief, Howard Journal of African StudiesHoward University

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"Over the last 22 years, Dr. Ayo Sekai has worked to advance outcomes for education and business through academic research, federal leadership, and scholarly publications through UWP Press. Sekai has taught as a high and middle school K-12 teacher, is a prolific invited presenter and speaker, and faculty and academic development thought leader with decades of expertise in print media, magazine, fiction, and trade publications. Earning her Ph.D. in Political Science from Howard University (HBCU), Dr. Sekai operationalize her research specializations in Black Politics and International Relations to interrogate language structures through the frameworks of Linguistic Imperialism, Glottopolitics, and Raciolinguistic to disrupt public policy and politics that perpetuates structural and systematic racism, Dr. Sekai uses her platform to elevate Black Scholars' research that bridges the gap between the Global North and the Global South with inclusive diasporic narratives, reclamation of agency, and empowering educators in the academy to participate in not just the ""Publish or Perish"" scenarios for scholars, but to engage the publishing ecosystem, by citing the works of fellow Black scholars, using their titles in the classroom, publishing with Black publishers across genre, discipline, and in journals, to shift the trajectory of a long-delayed manifestation of equity and equality in research scholarship throughout Global Africa. Dr. Ayo Sekai is a Fulbright Specialist and a life member of multiple academic and practitioner associations. She serves on numerous boards and is an active scholar presenting and writing on topics that align with her research scholarly publications, including her recorded social justice poetry as a spoken word poetic activist and her book, A2: A Scholarly Poetical Science Discourse. Sekai has leveraged her partnership with SAGE Publishing, a global social science press, to effect and impact the voice of the diaspora as actors and agents to no longer be observed but to be observers of history through intellectual discourse. Find her on Google Scholar, Research Gate, our website at UWP, and all social media platforms. She is excited to engage your students and faculty in classrooms, symposiums, seminars, residency, and lecture series. Rosier's role as a change-maker, and GenZ social activist, utilizes her voice as a published author, artist, and video production enthusiast who enjoys collaborative environments, to assess critical ideology and concepts that impact the world around us. Rosier's interests are vast, spanning multiple disciplines, including art, animation, writing, marketing and branding, climate/sustainability sciences, and video and photo design. She has a BS in Neuro Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master's Degree in Animal Science with a Film Thesis through her studies at Tisch NYU. For over 40 years, Dr. Nobles has studied classical African philosophy (Kemet, Twa & Nubian) and traditional African wisdom traditions (Akan, Yoruba, Bantu, Wolof, Dogon, Fon, Lebou, etc) as the grounding for the development of an authentic Black psychology. His professional career and life's work has been no less than a formal engagement in the on-going theoretical development and programmatic application of African (Black) psychology, African centered thought, and cultural grounding to address the liberation and restoration of the African mind and world-wide development of African people. Dr. Nobles is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies and Black Psychology at San Francisco State University; a co-founder (and Past President) of the Association of Black Psychologists; and the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Black Family, Life and Culture, Inc. He is the author of over one hundred (100) articles, chapters, research reports and books, including African Psychology: Toward its Reclamation, Reascension and Revitalization, Seeking the Sakhu: Foundational Writings in African Psychology, The Island of Memes: Haiti's Unfinished Revolution. Since 1996, he has co-led ""The Enyimnyam Project"", a unique and special study-development project designed to connect Africans from the Diaspora with Africans from the continent."

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