Afrocentric

Studies centered on African or African derived cultures and they're contributions to modern society. Seriously that's it, the rest of you are either, a. pretty ignorant. b. racist, c. euro-centrists, or d. desperately in need of a college level history course.

The professor introduced his Afrocentric theory that states that certain words used in today's vernacular such as okay, shout, banjo, gumbo, and guy are Africanisms, or African cultural survivals in modern society.

by frankiszero April 9, 2011

afrocentric

the concept that white Europeans would be living in caves, grunting to communicate and eating raw meat unless black Africans taught them a better way. The Greeks, Persians, Babylonians had no culture until they learned it from Africans. Many historical characters Europeans think were white were really black. Until invaded by Europeans or Arabs, all Africans were black, including the Egyptians and Carthaginians.

The Afrocentric culture taught the Europeans everything.

by mungo January 3, 2004

afrocentric

An awkward, pseudo-PC way to say "black"

Officer, three big men dressed in baggy black clothes took my purse!

Were they...afrocentric?

by TheGoyWonder March 11, 2013

afrocentric

to be afrocentintized

that is so afroncentric if ur in the bronx

by Annonymous November 14, 2003

Afrocentrism

To regard African civilizations and culture as significant.

Afrocentrism is revealing the untold history of Black people.

by Mauby February 12, 2014

afrocentrism

A movement spearheaded by African-American scholars to prove that, despite what most people would like to believe, ancient Africa had her own civilizations, languages, cultures, and history long before the arrival of the first Europeans to the continent.

Afrocentrism is not Black Supremacism. There are Black Supremacists who hold Afrocentric views, but they also hold views that claim to elevate blacks above whites. That is not the aim of Afrocentrism.

I believe in what Afrocentrism is teaching. It's about time that black people knew their history.

by Onyx2009 August 7, 2007

Afrocentrism

A pejorative that white supremacists and other anti-black racist punks throw at anyone who reminds them that "Jungle Jitters" is not an accurate generalization of pre-colonial Africa. Often associated with the obsolete and erroneous belief that any ancient structure in Africa bigger than a grass hovel must have been built by incoming "Mediterranean Caucasoids" since the native "Negroids" are so incapable (as if the average anti-black racist were any better).

If you credit the indigenous dark-skinned peoples of Africa with civilizations like ancient Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Mali, Great Zimbabwe, and so on, you're a black supremacist proponent of Afrocentrism.

by BsPilcher February 2, 2015