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单词 Afrocentric
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Definition of Afrocentric in English:

Afrocentric

adjective 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.

Derivatives

  • Afrocentrism

  • noun
    • 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.
  • Afrocentrist

  • 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:

Afrocentric

adjectiveˌafrōˈsentrik
  • 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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