Afrocentricity

Question 1

What is afrocentricity?

Answer 1

A worldview that centers African culture in the study if African diaspora. Rethinking history and knowledge. Western society fails to appreciate the role of culture in shaping its sense of normalcy.

Question 2

What is Eurocentrism?

Answer 2

a worldview that centers western norms and cultivation over non-western counterparts

Question 3

What is African diaspora?

Answer 3

the spread of African people outside of Africa

Question 4

What are the 3 core assumptions of Eurocentric ways of thinking?

Answer 4

1. Knowledge must be useful
2. The nature of life is spiritual
3. Culture is viewed as a crucial sources for shaping identity

Question 5

What are the 4 principles of Afrocentric communication?

Answer 5

1. Must benefit African people
2. Must resist racism and colonialism
3. Must affirm the humanity of African people
4. Must envision fresh possibilities for the future

Question 6

What is nommo?

Answer 6

Generative and productive power of the spoken word. Attaches spiritual power to the spoken word that is absent in western tradition.