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Afrocentrism

worldview centered on the history of African civilization
Intangible ideology Q1876790
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Afrocentrism

Summary

Afrocentrism is an ideology[1]. Afrocentrism ranks in the top 5% of ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,263 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Afrocentrism's instance of is recorded as ideology[3].
  • Afrocentrism is a type of ethnocentrism[4].
  • Afrocentrism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Afrocentrism[5].
  • Afrocentrism's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought[6].
  • Afrocentrism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[7].

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Definition and Type

Afrocentrism's instance of is recorded as ideology[3]. Afrocentrism is a type of ethnocentrism[4].

Why It Matters

Afrocentrism ranks in the top 5% of ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,263 views/month).[2] Afrocentrism has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] Afrocentrism is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject African diaspora
    Topic's main category → Category:Afrocentrism
    Described by source → The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25531, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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