Afrocentrism is a racialized worldview that is centered on the history of people of Black African descent or a view that favors it over non-African civilizations. It is in some respects a response to
A 1911 copy of the NAACP journal The Crisis depicting "Ra-Maat-Neb, one of the kings of the Upper Nile", a copy of the relief portraying Nebmaatre I on Meroe pyramid 17
Eurocentrism refers to viewing the West as the center of world events or superior to other cultures. The exact scope of Eurocentrism varies from the entire Western world to just the continent of Europ
Afrocentrism
…centered on the history of people of Black African descent or a view that favors it over non-African civilizations. It is in some respects a response to Eurocentric attitudes about African people and their historical contributions. It seeks to counter what it sees as mistakes and ideas perpetuated by the racist…
Eurocentrism as the term for an ideology was coined by Samir Amin in the 1970s.
Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, circa 1670
Japanese Empress Shōken in Western garb, a sign of the reform taken under the Meiji era (1868- 1912)
Front page of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine