Afrocentrism

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Afrocentrism

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From Afro- + -centrism. The adjective Afrocentric dates to the early 1960s; Afrocentrism is attested from the late 1960s or early 1970s, both in the context of the civil rights movement and black nationalism in the United States.

noun Afrocentricism

uncountable Black African ethnocentrism.
Similar: Africanism

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noun black African ethnocentrism

Español	afrocentrismo
Português	afrocentrismo
Français	afrocentrisme
Italiano	afrocentrismo

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@misc{afrocentrism_2026,
  title = {Afrocentrism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/afrocentrism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}