Afrocentrismn.
/ˌafrəʊˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌæfroʊˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/ Afrocentric ideas, attitudes, or emphasis; a focus on Africa or on cultures of African origin, esp. North American black culture.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > [noun] > quality or character
Africanism1759
Africanness1889
Africanity1962
Afrocentricity1971
Afrocentrism1972
1972 Jrnl. Developing Areas 6 610 The framework of the project's main goals of reinterpretation, synthesis, and Afrocentrism.
1977 N. Gordimer in S. Afr. Outlook 107 181 (heading) From Apartheid to Afrocentrism.
1988 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 June 616/4 Eurocentrics attempted to curb the tide of Afrocentrism with vague pleas for cultural ‘universalism’.
1991 Utne Reader July 55/1 Black conservative Shelby Steele worries..that Afrocentrism legitimizes a sense of difference and victimization among blacks.
2008 M. Kich in R. M. Juang & N. Morrissette Afr. & Americas I. 71/1 Afrocentrism posits not only that black culture provides a credible alternative to European culture, but also that European culture is in some ways itself derivative of black culture.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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