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Na'im Akbar, Ph.D (born Luther Weems, Jr.) is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University. He changed his name 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.[citation needed] A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University.
[edit] Published work
- Know Thy Self (Paperback)
- Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery
- Akbar Papers In African Psychology (Paperback)
- The Community of Self
- Visions for Black Men
[edit] 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 what they need to do and once they are stirred with that realization, there are no barriers."
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