Na'im Akbar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Na'im Akbar

psychologist

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1944

Place of Birth: Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Profession: psychologist, editor, university teacher, academic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Na'im Akbar is a clinical psychologist well known for his Afro-centric approach to psychology.
He is a distinguished scholar, public speaker, and author.
Akbar entered the world of Black psychology in the 1960s, as the Black Power Movement was gaining momentum.
In the 1970s, Akbar published his first critiques of the Eurocentric psychological tradition, asserting that this model maintained the intellectual oppression of African Americans.
Akbar criticized the pathology perspectives that had taken over as the dominant literature on African Americans.
Many of his major works involved mental health among African Americans.