Africanism
Trait from Africa
Africanism refers to a cultural feature, linguistic element, or practice originating in Africa or retained from African heritage, particularly among diaspora populations: Scholars trace certain musical rhythms in jazz to Africanisms.
The term also describes a word, phrase, or grammatical structure borrowed from an African language into another language.
In a different sense, Africanism means advocacy for African interests, unity, or identity—related to but distinct from Pan-Africanism.
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- self-affirmationAsserting one's own worth
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
solidarity · belonging · roots · authenticity · representation · visibility · self-determination · liberation
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
proverbs · mythology · ceremonies · ancestors · elders · spirituality · drumming · masks
Nigerian people and language
Movement to new territory
- dispersionScattering across space
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- homelandOne's native land
descendants · Afro-Caribbean · Afro-Brazilian · Afro-Latino · returnees · Liberia · Maroons · syncretism
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- self-affirmationAsserting one's own worth
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
empowerment · solidarity · belonging · roots · authenticity · representation · visibility · self-determination · liberation · decolonization
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
storytelling · proverbs · mythology · ceremonies · ancestors · elders · spirituality · drumming · masks · textiles
Yoruba
Nigerian people and language
migration
Movement to new territory
- dispersionScattering across space
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
homeland · descendants · Afro-Caribbean · Afro-Brazilian · Afro-Latino · returnees · Liberia · Maroons · syncretism · roots
loanwords
Adopted foreign vocabulary
creole · Swahili · Bantu · tonal · Gullah · lexicon · grammar · vocabulary · pronunciation · dialect
AfricanismEurocentrism
Bias toward Western perspectives
Westernism · Eurocentricity · universalism · cosmopolitanism · globalism
Africanismwhite supremacy
Doctrine of racial superiority
cultural imperialism · cultural erasure · deracination · self-hatred · cultural alienation
- Africanized beesAggressive hybrid bee subspecies