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Look up Afrocentric or Afrocentrist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The terms "Afrocentric", "African-centered", and "Afrocentrist" may refer to: Afrocentrism
Afrocentric
African ethnocentrism
of not only African but all people's contributions to world history. Afrocentricity deals primarily with self-determination and African agency and is a
Afrocentrism
Research method that centers Africans and the African diaspora
Afrocentricity is an academic theory and approach to scholarship that seeks to center the experiences and peoples of Africa and the African diaspora within
Afrocentricity
American academic (born 1942)
president of the Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies. Asante advocates for Afrocentricity. He is the author of more than 90 books and the
Molefi_Kete_Asante
Pedagogical approach designed to empower people of the African diaspora
Afrocentric education refers to a pedagogical approach to education designed to empower people of the African diaspora with educational modes in contact
Afrocentric_education
1991 Afrocentric book on racism
theses, commentators in general acknowledge the influence of her work in Afrocentric, Black nationalist and psychological discourses, citing it as a provocative
The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors
The_Isis_Papers:_The_Keys_to_the_Colors
Teaching museum in Atlanta, Georgia
Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum is an Afrocentric teaching museum in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta. It was founded in 1992. The museum
Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum
Omenala_Griot_Afrocentric_Teaching_Museum
American rapper and actress (born 1970)
Latifah's lyrics were described as woman-centered and Afrocentric. The rapper often used Afrocentric attires during public appearances and music videos,
Queen_Latifah
Musical artist
(1979-09-09) September 9, 1979 (age 46) Lagos, Nigeria Genres gospel afrocentric pop Occupations Gospel singer Vocalist Songwriter Years active 2005–present
Eben_(singer)
Afrocentric ideology
Abrahamic religion of Rastafari emerged in 1930s Jamaica. It centered on an Afrocentric ideology and from its origins placed importance on racial issues. According
Rasta_views_on_race
Afrocentrist group of African Americans
disparagingly to "describe a person who's either a clueless parody of Afrocentricity" or "someone who's loudly, conspicuously and obnoxiously pro-black but
Hoteps
American model
American fashion model of the 1960s and 1970s, known for promoting an Afrocentric style. Cheeseborough was born March 14, 1946, in Philadelphia. After
Barbara_Cheeseborough
Carribean Nation
religion founded in Jamaica in the 1930s that combined Christianity with an Afrocentric theology focused on the figure of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia
Jamaica
Cohort born from 1965 to 1980
Lyrics from the era often draw attention to social issues, including afrocentric living, drug use, poverty, crime and gang violence, religion, culture
Generation_X
Movement encouraging solidarity among people of African ancestry
Caribbean cultures" and to "presenting students and the community with an Afrocentric analysis" of anti-Black racism. Syracuse University also offers a master's
Pan-Africanism
Academic field focusing on peoples of the African diaspora and Africa
as the Temple School of Thought, Temple Circle of Afrocentricity, or Temple School of Afrocentricity, was an early group of Africologists during the late
Black_studies
American hip hop collective
1990s hip-hop artists known for their positive-minded, good-natured Afrocentric lyrics, and for pioneering the use of eclectic sampling and jazz-influenced
Native_Tongues
1974 film by Jack Hill
International Pictures as a double feature with Truck Turner. The film uses Afrocentric references in clothing and hair. Grier starred in six blaxploitation
Foxy_Brown_(film)
black fellows. An example of a European-American with an explicitly Afrocentric name is Miss Michigan USA 2014 winner and Miss USA 2015 delegate, Rashontae
African-American_names
American alternative hip hop group
and producer Speech and turntablist Headliner. The group offered an Afrocentric, socially conscious alternative to the prevalent gangsta rap of the late
Arrested_Development_(group)
American historian and writer
writer and historian. He was considered to be one of the more prominent Afrocentric scholars by some Black Nationalists. Conversely, mainstream scholars
Yosef_Ben-Jochannan
"Othering" or critiquing of the East and Arab World due to colonialism in Black academia
Christian black nationalists, was formulated within the context of Afrocentricity; Jackson later wrote that it was Molefi Kete Asante who formed the base
Black_orientalism
the Sphinx's nose?". EgyptToday. 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2026-01-17. "Afrocentric Claims Against Ancient Egyptian Civilization "A Study in Historical Evaluation
Broken noses in ancient Egyptian statues
Broken_noses_in_ancient_Egyptian_statues
Aboriginal American member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Bolden 2014, p. 51. "Sarah Rector The Richest Black Girl In The World". Afrocentric Culture by Design. May 19, 2010. Archived from the original on February
Sarah_Rector
Senegalese politician, historian and scientist (1923–1986)
African culture. Diop's work is considered foundational to the theory of Afrocentricity, though he himself never described himself as an Afrocentrist. The questions
Cheikh_Anta_Diop
Black supremacist, pseudoscientific theory
distortions of the scientific literature, are [...] used to justify Afrocentric assertions. One of the most common is that humans evolved as blacks in
Melanin_theory
Ghanaian political scientist
Communication. He is best known for his book on Barack Obama, titled The Afrocentric Obama and lessons on political campaigns. Sikanku received a Bachelor
Etse_Sikanku
Subgenre of hip-hop music
identity, and religion, with discourses around ideologies such as Afrocentricity and Black religiosity. Unlike the genre's more commercially-dominant
Progressive_rap
African-American psychologist (1943–2018)
courses across the country. In many of his published works, Kambon took an Afrocentric approach to the study of African Americans, suggesting that while Black
Kobi_Kambon
American academic (born 1982)
studies. Kendi's dissertation was titled "The Black Campus Movement: An Afrocentric Narrative History of the Struggle to Diversify Higher Education, 1965–1972
Ibram_X._Kendi
American boxer and activist (1942–2016)
ego foreshadowed the vainglorious excesses of Kanye West, while his Afrocentric consciousness and cutting honesty pointed forward to modern bards like
Muhammad_Ali
Southern African philosophy
Ubuntu. Applications in social work, welfare and development reference Afrocentric ways of providing a social safety-net to vulnerable members of society
Ubuntu_philosophy
2016 compilation album by Various Artists
1970s, Doing It In Lagos chronicles Nigerian music's move away from the afrocentric style of afrobeat and toward more American forms of pop music in the
Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria
Doing_It_In_Lagos:_Boogie,_Pop_&_Disco_in_1980s_Nigeria
American scholar of Classics (born 1935)
broader attention for her 1996 book Not Out of Africa, a criticism of Afrocentric claims that ancient Greek civilization derived largely from that of ancient
Mary_Lefkowitz
American rapper (born 1962)
documentary Big Fun in the Big Town. He later embraced an Afrocentric style, bringing Afrocentric culture to hip hop along with KRS-One. Schoolly D contributed
Schoolly_D
1978 film by Sidney Lumet
(June 20, 2024). Unveiling the Dual Effects of the Black Movie Remakes: Afrocentricity in The Wiz 1978 (Thesis). Forsgren, La Donna L. (September 2019). "The
The_Wiz_(film)
American pan-African spiritual organization
Canada, Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago. The organization provides afrocentric-based spiritual training to the African American community in particular
Ausar_Auset_Society
American civil rights activist (1925–1965)
to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Academy, a public charter school with an Afrocentric focus. The school is located in the building where Little attended elementary
Malcolm_X
English-American philosopher (born 1954)
Upside Down: Fallacies of the New Afrocentrism", he argues that current Afrocentricism is striking for "how thoroughly at home it is in the frameworks of nineteenth
Kwame_Anthony_Appiah
College founded in 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sojourner–Douglass College was a private college organized around an Afrocentric focus of study and located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The
Sojourner–Douglass_College
French-born Beninese political activist (born 1981)
Séba initially gained prominence as the leader of the black power, Afrocentric, Black nationalist, and antisemitic group Ka tribe, which was dissolved
Kémi_Séba
Intersectional feminist movement
doi:10.1525/ctx.2007.6.1.18. S2CID 62629318. Mazama, Ama (2003). The Afrocentric Paradigm. Trenton: Africa World Press. James, Joy, ed. (2001). The Black
Womanism
Hip-hop music from around 1985–1995
A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers with their themes of Afrocentricity and political militancy, experimental music, and eclectic sampling.
Golden_age_hip-hop
Nigerian musician and activist (1938–1997)
the reality that a lot of the women were young. Kuti was part of an Afrocentric consciousness movement that was founded on and delivered through his
Fela_Kuti
Senegalese historian (b. 1953)
and being "most helpful and inspiring in defining the nature of the Afrocentric school of thought." Boubacar has been active in seeking to recenter Africans
Aboubacry_Moussa_Lam
American anthropologist
author of God and Blackness: Race, Gender and Identity in a Middle Class Afrocentric Church. Abrams completed undergraduate studies at Agnes Scott College
Andrea_Abrams
1981 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat
the nuance of the painting, writing that it was "no more a simplistic Afrocentric poster than Himes' detective novels are simply complicit or seditious
Irony_of_Negro_Policeman
African-American clinical psychologist
1944) is an American scholar, public speaker, and author known for his Afrocentric approach to psychology. Akbar entered the world of Black psychology in
Na'im_Akbar
American comics artist (1952–2025)
Comics," a movement dedicated to the promotion, creation, and support of Afrocentric comic books and graphic novels. Onli coined the term "Rhythmism" to define
Turtel_Onli
American fashion doll brand from Mattel
attempt to produce more ethnically correct black dolls with accurate Afrocentric features, varying shades of skin tones to represent the diversity of
The_Marvelous_World_of_Shani
2000 studio album by Common
lyrical content of the album. Like Water for Chocolate is notable for its Afrocentric themes. It borrows from the Afrobeat genre on the track "Time Travelin'
Like Water for Chocolate (album)
Like_Water_for_Chocolate_(album)
American jazz percussionist (1933–1988)
many musical styles included soul, funk and contemporary jazz, with an Afrocentric perspective. Clarke was born in Washington, D.C., on October 2, 1933
Buck_Clarke
and African American Youth Activism." SSRC. (2006) Black In School: Afrocentric Reform, Urban Youth and the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture. Teachers College
Shawn_Ginwright
South African political party
established by businessman Philani Mavundla. The party describes itself as an Afrocentric, Pan-Africanist and womanist revolutionary movement. In January 2021
Abantu_Batho_Congress
American activist, religious leader and academic
a festschrift entitled Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé: A Legacy of Afrocentric, Decolonial, In-the-Life Theology and Bisexual Intersexional Philosophical
Ibrahim_Abdurrahman_Farajajé
Genre of popular music
Badu "brought an iconoclastic spirit to soul music, with her towering Afrocentric headwraps, incense candles, and quirky lyrics". Baduizm sold nearly three
Neo_soul
Musical artist
Deep, Afrocentric, Modal Jazz from Universal Music Archives (Universal Music, 2008) 2014 Nicola Conte presents Mystic Prestige ... Deep, Afrocentric, Modal
Nicola_Conte
Discipline within qualitative research
Substantive Interpretive case studies, ethnographic fiction Feminist Afrocentric, lived experience, dialogue, caring, accountability, race, class, gender
Narrative_inquiry
Abrahamic new religious movement originating in 1930s Jamaica
Jesus and Jah incarnate; others deem him a human prophet. Rastafari is Afrocentric and focuses attention on the African diaspora, which it believes is oppressed
Rastafari
2023 Netflix docudrama
who expressed her discontent with the film because "it is pushing an Afrocentric agenda ... imposing the identity politics of the 21st century and appropriating
African_Queens
Scholar of African-American studies
Change was published in 1998; some of her other publications include The Afrocentric School [a blueprint] (2021), Being Human Being: Transforming the Race
Nah_Dove
South African lawyer
was appointed Executive Director at Medscheme Holding, a subsidiary of AfroCentric Health. Special Investigating Unit In May 2016, South African President
Andy_Mothibi
Term for African American homosexuals and bisexuals
affirming African American homosexual identity. SGL was adapted as an Afrocentric alternative to what are deemed Eurocentric homosexual identities (e.g
Same_gender_loving
American writer
Oxford University Press, 2000. Thomas, Lorenzo. Extraordinary Measures: Afrocentric Modernism and Twentieth-Century American Poetry. Tuscaloosa and London:
Carolyn_Rodgers
Term for African American Vernacular English
John Baugh has stated that the term Ebonics is used in four ways by its Afrocentric proponents. It may: 1. Be "an international construct, including the
Ebonics_(word)
African-American contralto (1897–1993)
2020 – via Newspapers.com. Jones, Randye. "Marian Anderson Biography". Afrocentric Voices. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved February
Marian_Anderson
American historian (1893–1992)
The Destruction of Black Civilization (1971/1974), which is popular in Afrocentric circles. Williams was born on December 22, 1893, in Bennettsville, South
Chancellor_Williams
Comic convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
descent creating a plethora and range of Black (Pan-African/Africentric/Afrocentric/African-centered) characters in the U.S. comic book industry. (The earliest
ECBACC
2010 studio album by Nas and Damian Marley
political hip-hop album that's most convincing when it doesn't multiply Afrocentric distortion by Rastafarian reasoning". In a mixed review, J. Gabriel Boylan
Distant_Relatives
1977 studio album by James Mtume
producer was taking off, Mtume put out one final burst of spiritual, Afrocentric jazz, the album Rebirth Cycle. Never reissued legally and unavailable
Rebirth_Cycle
Sub-genre of hip-hop
and Mos Def. These artists emphasized positive-minded, good-natured Afrocentric lyrics, while pioneering and popularizing the use of eclectic sampling
Alternative_hip-hop
1994 studio album by Digable Planets
have attributed this lack of chart and sales success to the album's afrocentric content, and un-polished tone. Shortly after the release of Blowout Comb
Blowout_Comb
Musical artist
Last Asiatic Disciples. Griffin's albums were of an Islamic (NOI) and Afrocentric style, combined with increasingly spoken word lyrics. His lyrics and
Professor_Griff
Proto-Rastafari religious text
written by an Anguillan, Robert Athlyi Rogers (d. 1931), for the use of an Afrocentric religion in the West Indies founded by Rogers in the 1920s, known as
Holy_Piby
American jazz musician (born 1937)
signs of his developing political consciousness and his increasingly Afrocentric orientation. The album took its title from a ceremonial African music
Archie_Shepp
American anarchist activist (1946–1986)
in New York City in the late 1960s. First becoming involved in local Afrocentric organizations in Harlem, Balagoon would move on to become involved in
Kuwasi_Balagoon
2002 American TV series
Anything... The Arsenio Hall Show "Love Shack" by The B-52's Bobby Brown Afrocentric clothing Baywatch "Love in an Elevator" by Aerosmith Heathers Saved by
I Love the '80s (American TV series)
I_Love_the_'80s_(American_TV_series)
Set of monotheistic religions
19th-century movement and precursor to the Baháʼí Faith. Rastafari, an Afrocentric religion which emerged from Christianity in 1930s Jamaica, is also sometimes
Abrahamic_religions
President of South Africa from 2009 to 2018
2022. Maphaka, Dominic (18 December 2020). "A Shift or Priority? An Afrocentric Analysis of Zuma's Foreign Policy towards China". The Strategic Review
Jacob_Zuma
1989 studio album by Queen Latifah
Album era Roberts, Robin (Summer 1994). "'Ladies First': Queen Latifah's Afrocentric Feminist Music Video". African American Review. 28 (2) (Black Women's
All_Hail_the_Queen
Honduran herbalist (1933–2016)
beliefs on the origin of disease denied germ theory and factored in faux-afrocentric claims about the unique genetic characteristics of Africans and their
Alfredo_Bowman
Guyanese-American historian (1893–1956)
rites as if they were Egyptian [...] Hence one of the main sources for Afrocentric Egyptology turns out to be Greece and Rome. The Greeks would have called
George_G._M._James
Drop Squad (1994) New Jersey Drive (1995) Tales from the Hood (1995) Afrocentricity (2000) Good Fences (2003) Pariah (2011) Evolution of a Criminal (2014)
Spike_Lee_filmography
Discrimination against White people and culture
ISBN 978-2-271-12952-9. De Montellano, Bernard R. Ortiz (1993). "Melanin, afrocentricity, and pseudoscience". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 36 (S17):
Anti-White_racism
British Africanist (1935–2009)
was mostly ignored in Mesoamericanist scholarship, and has been called Afrocentric pseudoarchaeology and pseudohistory to the effect of "robbing native
Ivan_Van_Sertima
Trinidad-born professor of Africana Studies (1942–2013)
scholar Mary Lefkowitz, a prominent critic of historical claims made by Afrocentric scholarship. Martin subsequently took Lefkowitz to court for libel, but
Tony_Martin_(professor)
1999 studio album by Mos Def
bravado with new-school poetics, the Brooklyn legend spouts incisive Afrocentric reality that takes all sides into account." Dan Leroy of Yahoo! Music
Black_on_Both_Sides
American actress and comedian (born 1965)
Souljah Tina Turner Toni Morrison Whoopi Goldberg Queen Shenequa, an Afrocentric social critic who dressed in African garb, observed Kwanzaa, and made
Ellen_Cleghorne
Yoruba religious concept
Máyẹhùn Àfọ̀ṣẹ Gbétùngbétùn Olúgbohùn Since at least the time of the Afrocentricity movement in the Anglophone diaspora during the late 20th century, the
Aṣẹ
American adult animated sitcom (2005–2014)
C. M.; Krishnasamy, Adrian (2011). "Bringing Afrocentricity to the Funnies: An Analysis of Afrocentricity Within Aaron McGruder's "The Boondocks"". Journal
The_Boondocks_(TV_series)
Artist collective
time, spacetime, causality, and interactions are more in agreement with Afrocentric understandings of these same phenomena than with Western ones, and that
Black_Quantum_Futurism
1995 film by John Singleton
fictional Columbus University, attend a dorm party hosted by militant Afrocentric activist Fudge White, who has been attending the university for 6 years
Higher_Learning
Nigerian writer (1951–2014)
Indigenous Traditions in Modern Igbo Literature , 1985. Motherism, The Afrocentric Alternative to Feminism, 1995. The Igbo Roots of Olaudah Equiano, 1995
Catherine_Obianuju_Acholonu
Government ministry of Egypt
ancient Egyptian music that Egyptian authorities criticized for its Afrocentric depictions of certain figures, claiming it was historical negationism
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Ministry_of_Tourism_and_Antiquities
Hypotheses on the origin of Olmec civilization
Montellano (1997). Robbing Native American Cultures: Van Sertima's Afrocentricity and the Olmecs an article from Current Anthropology Volume 38, Number
Olmec alternative origin speculations
Olmec_alternative_origin_speculations
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
dishonesty and parochialism of black churches, and discussions on the Afrocentric origins of Egyptian civilization. Du Bois's African-centered view of
W._E._B._Du_Bois
saxophonist Everette Harp. The new opening animation introduces a revised, afrocentric-inspired Soul Train logo, and features video clips of performances from
List_of_Soul_Train_episodes
1994 American comedy film
Gutter frequents, a radical feminist group known as the Womynists, an Afrocentric group suspecting the Pit of conspiring against them, and the college
PCU_(film)
American writer and cartoonist (born 1974)
C. M.; Krishnasamy, Adrian (2011). "Bringing Afrocentricity to the Funnies: An Analysis of Afrocentricity Within Aaron McGruder's "The Boondocks"". Journal
Aaron_McGruder
Harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment
have a high sustained synth string note through most of their duration. Afrocentric acts influenced by Ayers like acid jazz or neo soul tend to use this
Drone_(sound)
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Boy/Male
Indian
Earth; Land; Field
Male
Norse
 Old Norse name derived form the word rún, RÚNI means "secret lore."
Girl/Female
Greek, Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Princess; Droupadi
Girl/Female
Irish
Golden lady.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. A less common alternative spelling is Fewson. This name is found mainly in KY, OH, TN, and IN.
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Tamil
Kranthi | கà¯à®°à®¾à®‚தி
Light, Revolution
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Traditional
Supreme Spirit; Lord Brahma
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Lord Shiva
Male
African
a petty chief.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Already
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