|1.||What an Afrocentric curriculum is and what its educational and political goals and objectives are designed to address;|
|2.||Why an Afrocentric curriculum is more than a self-esteem builder for African American students;|
|3.||Who is needed to teach the curriculum--that is, carefully selected, well-trained, culturally conscious teachers; and finally,|
|4.||How the curriculum is taught is as important as the content being taught.|
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