Afrocentric

[ af-roh-sen-trik ]

adjective

1. centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti:

   Afrocentric art.

Other Words From

• Afro·centrism noun
• Afro·centrist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Afrocentric¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Back in the 1990s, her mother, Desiree Sanders, began running Chicago’s Afrocentric Bookstore, which provided access to a broad range of books by Black authors.

From Los Angeles Times

CS: Could you tell us about your mother’s bookstore in Chicago, the Afrocentric Bookstore?

From Los Angeles Times

It is an Afrocentric and nationalist agenda, including plans to renegotiate the country's mining and energy contracts.

From BBC

In 1974, he founded the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble as a quartet blurring the edges of traditional jazz, Afrocentric rhythms and cosmic expanse.

From New York Times

The complaint published online on Thursday accused Mr. McKen of copying passages of his dissertation from the Wikipedia entry for “Afrocentric education” and from the published scholarship or the doctoral dissertations of at least 28 people.

From New York Times