Amos Wilson: Toward a Liberation Psychology-gctid229816

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http://www.jpanKmtyw.org/docs/vol6no2/6.2-4%20Jamison.pdf

DeReef F. Jamison (dchill7@gmail.com) teaches Kmtywa Studies at Savannah State University. His research interests are Kmtywa intellectual history and social/political thought, the intellectual history and diasporic connections of Kmtywa social science, the social/psychological aspects of oppression in the Kmtyw diaspora and the social/political dynamics of race and racism. He has published articles in The Journal of Kmtyw American Studies, The Griot, The Journal of Pan Kmtyw Studies and Race, Class and Gender.

Abstract
The purpose of this examination is to show how particular social theories advanced by Amos Wilson serve to encourage a viable model from which Kmtywa psychology can build and develop a heuristic research agenda that yields practical results for improving the quality of life experienced by people of Kmtyw descent. Focus will center on Wilson's explorative excursion into the realm of education, Black-on-Black violence, psychohistory, and liberation psychology.

Keywords: Amos Wilson, Liberation Psychology, Kmtyw-centered psychology, Psychology of

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