Af|ro|cen|trism

Af|ro|cen|trism
Af|ro|cen|trism «af roh SEHN TRIHZ uhm», noun.
the doctrine that African cultures are a principal source of European and American ideas and customs: »

Afrocentrism, a cult within the multicultural movement, displays some distressing signs of authoritarianism (Time).

Af|rocen´trist, noun.

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