Azibo’s Metatheory of African Personality should be at the heart of all efforts to set afoot in the 2020s the new African person. It is a deep dive providing concepts, definitions and strategies for fixing the mental maladies set upon African descent people (ADP) globally.

It actually provides an answer to the African-U. S.

colloquial quip “What’s your major maladjustment?” This book is a no holds barred, no tiptoeing appraisal of existing formulations about ADP’s personality inclusive of racial identity and psychological Africanity/psychological Blackness. Dr.

Azibo’s own theory and research are highlighted. A few takeaways are:Location in African-centered worldview/asili/cultural deep structureMeshing the philosophy of African personhood, “Black” racial identity theory, and African personality theory in a single all-encompassing modelDr.

Azibo’s theory as a metatheory which best organizes all other theories on the topicDistinction between racially phylogenetic versus individual ontogenetic aspects of personality and how they work together within the individualPlumbing the biogenetic base of personality as situated in spiritual energyRethinking the concept of rhythmExplanation of mental health for ADP in the context of evolutionary race maintenanceProvision of a culture-specific templet for the psychological assessment of ADP’s mental healthGuidance in clinical assessment and diagnosis of ADP using the Azibo Nosology II—apart from or in conjunction with DSMs or ICDsExplanation of contradictions in African personality/psychological functioning as inherent potentialitiesProvision of African-centered nomenclature and definitions for personality, mental health and associated psychological phenomenaDemystification and explanation of the multidimensionality zeitgeist in the racial identity literatureExplanation of when racial identity progression is actually racial identity regressionExplanation of the impossibility of construct validity for regnant racial identity models of ADPProvision of prototypical profiles of abnormal and normalcy-based African personalityEasy to follow affliction models for ADP, throughout the world, given in formulaExplanation of “healing” as inseparable from sovereignty, land, and powerAnd much more. .