Afrocentrism

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cultural movement historiographical approach intellectual movement philosophical perspective

Afrocentrism is an intellectual and cultural movement that centers African history, values, and perspectives in the interpretation of global civilization and the experiences of people of African descent.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Afrocentrism canonical	5
Afrocentricity	2
Ethiopianism	2
African philosophy	1
African-centered philosophy	1
Afrocentric curriculum design	1
Afrocentric psychology	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement ⓘ historiographical approach ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ philosophical perspective ⓘ
aimsTo	affirm African cultural contributions to civilization ⓘ challenge Eurocentrism ⓘ promote positive African self-identity ⓘ recenter Africa in the study of world history ⓘ
appliedIn	cultural studies ⓘ education ⓘ history writing ⓘ literary studies ⓘ religious studies ⓘ social sciences ⓘ
criticizedBy	Egyptologists ⓘ classicists ⓘ some mainstream historians ⓘ
criticizedFor	alleged historical inaccuracies ⓘ essentializing African cultures ⓘ overstating African influence on other civilizations ⓘ
developedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
emergedIn	late 20th century ⓘ
hasMainFocus	African history ⓘ African perspectives ⓘ African values ⓘ people of African descent ⓘ
hasProponent	Ama Mazama ⓘ Chancellor Williams ⓘ Cheikh Anta Diop ⓘ John Henrik Clarke ⓘ Maulana Karenga ⓘ Molefi Kete Asante ⓘ Theophile Obenga ⓘ
influenced	Afrocentric art ⓘ Afrocentrism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afrocentric curriculum design Afrocentric education ⓘ Afrocentric literary criticism ⓘ Afrocentrism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afrocentric psychology Afrocentric theology ⓘ
influencedBy	Black Power movement ⓘ Pan-Africanism ⓘ surface form: Pan-African thought anti-colonial movements ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement decolonial theory ⓘ
isAssociatedWith	African studies ⓘ surface form: African Studies African diaspora ⓘ African American studies ⓘ surface form: African-American Studies African American studies ⓘ surface form: Black Studies Black nationalism ⓘ Pan-Africanism ⓘ cultural nationalism ⓘ decolonization of knowledge ⓘ identity politics ⓘ multicultural education ⓘ
keyConcept	African agency ⓘ African cultural continuity ⓘ African-centered worldview ⓘ critique of Eurocentric narratives ⓘ cultural reclamation ⓘ diasporic unity ⓘ historical revisionism ⓘ reclamation of African history ⓘ
relatedTo	African Renaissance ⓘ Afrocentric school movement ⓘ Afrocentrism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afrocentricity Black Consciousness Movement ⓘ Negritude ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pan-Africanism → relatedConcept → Afrocentrism ⓘ

African diaspora → associatedWith → Afrocentrism ⓘ

Black is beautiful → relatedConcept → Afrocentrism ⓘ

A Tribe Called Quest → lyricalTheme → Afrocentrism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrocentricity

Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah → connectedConcept → Afrocentrism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopianism

Hail H.I.M. → inspiredBy → Afrocentrism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopianism

Afrocentrism → influenced → Afrocentrism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrocentric curriculum design

Afrocentrism → influenced → Afrocentrism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrocentric psychology

Afrocentrism → relatedTo → Afrocentrism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrocentricity

Black nationalism → influenced → Afrocentrism ⓘ

Consciencism → philosophicalTradition → Afrocentrism ⓘ

this entity surface form: African philosophy

Black culture → isAssociatedWithConcept → Afrocentrism ⓘ

Kawaida Theory: An Introductory Outline → mainSubject → Afrocentrism ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-centered philosophy