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Afrocentric psychology  

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  • The term Africentric, and the more commonly used term Afrocentric, describe a worldview in which African people and culture are the central unit of analysis, with a focus on social and historical context. There are two critical aims in the framework of Africentric scholarship: (1) the reclamation and revision of the history of African people, who share common ancestral origins but are spread throughout the world (this international population represents the African diaspora) and (2) the resistance of European cultural hegemony and oppression. [Source: Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology; Africentric]

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