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Definition of Afrocentric in English: Afrocentricadjective afrəʊˈsɛntrɪkˌafrōˈsentrik Regarding African or black culture as pre-eminent. 非洲文化(或黑人文化)至上的 Example sentencesExamples - When she discarded the Afrocentric style that was her early trademark, record executives were dismayed.
- One of the basic underlying assumptions of Afrocentric theory emanates from the school of thought delineated in Black family literature.
- Many provide an Afrocentric curriculum that fosters racial pride among their students, which many black educators believe will help students do better academically.
- But it's the Gullah culture - the Afrocentric arts, crafts, food, music, legends and language - that speaks to the soul of Black Americans.
- Educational programs that use an Afrocentric approach appear to be effective in changing African-American teenagers' behavior.
- They were the forerunners of today's Afrocentric rappers, opening the door to a jazz/hip-hop union that continues to be experimented with from London to New York.
- Naming is important in rap and in Afrocentric music in general, where it is an act of invocation that captures the essence of one's being.
- Fortunately for him, his African grandmother and mother and his Afrocentric Black American father have all contributed to his being grounded in a strong Black identity.
- The term was later applied by Afrocentric writers to Africans.
- The Black feminist perspective generates an underlying primary theory for moving to a culturally appropriate or Afrocentric model.
- Controlled choice fosters a range of interesting pedagogies, the authors argue, from French immersion to basic skills to Afrocentric to Drama-based.
- American hip-hop goes through Afrocentric phases but it doesn't want to know about its African imitators, or that's the impression you get reading the interviews in these liner notes.
- In the 1990s, researchers emphasized an Afrocentric approach to the study of Black identity.
- The last example invokes an Afrocentric royal African lineage and past in order to salvage a self-esteem beaten down by oppression.
- This video provides a vision of African-American young men and women singing classical and Afrocentric music and performing African dance.
- In such travels to so many corners of the African American world, Black becomes the first Afrocentric, Pan-African, revolutionary ideologue and hero in world literature.
- Thus, in terms of the role of dialogue in an Afrocentric feminist epistemology, Black women may again experience a convergence of the values of the African-American community and woman-centered values.
- I've talked a bit about my Afrocentric elementary school before.
- ‘I love the versatility of her music and her faithfulness to Afrocentric style,’ she says.
- On the other hand, some school districts in selected African American areas have endorsed a controversial Afrocentric curriculum.
Derivativesnoun He was an early proponent of multiculturalism and Afrocentrism. Example sentencesExamples - The growing emphasis on Afrocentrism in weddings is not just a desire to connect with and continue tradition in the wedding ceremony.
- Most of the chapters here provide useful examples of how popular culture, theology, politics, the bible, theological reflection, revolution, protest, Afrocentrism and Caribbean history intersect.
- My public elementary school was pretty awesome despite its Afrocentrism - Afrocentrism was mostly used as a pathway into American history and common values, not an alternative to those values.
- Nonetheless, because Afrocentrism is being taught in schools and universities and is taken seriously by many people, it presents a challenge that requires an informed response.
noun A rollcall of Afrocentrists in the African Diaspora, since the 18th century, would include the inspirer of the Haitian liberation struggle. Example sentencesExamples - As an Afrocentrist, I am committed to divesting my cultural and social investment in European cultural thought and behavior and to increase my exercise of African cultural thought and behavior.
- The Afrocentrist contends that passion can never be a substitute for argument as argument should not be a substitute for passion.
- Will Black nationalists be represented, will Afrocentrists be there, or will even White nationalists be included?
- By and large, nineteenth-century Afrocentrists accepted a single, Northern European model of ‘civilization,’ which they usually saw as interchangeable with ‘culture.’
Definition of Afrocentric in US English: Afrocentricadjectiveˌafrōˈsentrik Regarding African or black culture as preeminent. 非洲文化(或黑人文化)至上的 Example sentencesExamples - Educational programs that use an Afrocentric approach appear to be effective in changing African-American teenagers' behavior.
- Fortunately for him, his African grandmother and mother and his Afrocentric Black American father have all contributed to his being grounded in a strong Black identity.
- But it's the Gullah culture - the Afrocentric arts, crafts, food, music, legends and language - that speaks to the soul of Black Americans.
- This video provides a vision of African-American young men and women singing classical and Afrocentric music and performing African dance.
- American hip-hop goes through Afrocentric phases but it doesn't want to know about its African imitators, or that's the impression you get reading the interviews in these liner notes.
- In the 1990s, researchers emphasized an Afrocentric approach to the study of Black identity.
- In such travels to so many corners of the African American world, Black becomes the first Afrocentric, Pan-African, revolutionary ideologue and hero in world literature.
- One of the basic underlying assumptions of Afrocentric theory emanates from the school of thought delineated in Black family literature.
- Many provide an Afrocentric curriculum that fosters racial pride among their students, which many black educators believe will help students do better academically.
- On the other hand, some school districts in selected African American areas have endorsed a controversial Afrocentric curriculum.
- Thus, in terms of the role of dialogue in an Afrocentric feminist epistemology, Black women may again experience a convergence of the values of the African-American community and woman-centered values.
- The last example invokes an Afrocentric royal African lineage and past in order to salvage a self-esteem beaten down by oppression.
- When she discarded the Afrocentric style that was her early trademark, record executives were dismayed.
- The term was later applied by Afrocentric writers to Africans.
- ‘I love the versatility of her music and her faithfulness to Afrocentric style,’ she says.
- They were the forerunners of today's Afrocentric rappers, opening the door to a jazz/hip-hop union that continues to be experimented with from London to New York.
- I've talked a bit about my Afrocentric elementary school before.
- The Black feminist perspective generates an underlying primary theory for moving to a culturally appropriate or Afrocentric model.
- Naming is important in rap and in Afrocentric music in general, where it is an act of invocation that captures the essence of one's being.
- Controlled choice fosters a range of interesting pedagogies, the authors argue, from French immersion to basic skills to Afrocentric to Drama-based.
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