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One of Mr Faye's heroes is the late Senegalese historian Cheikh Anta Diop - whose work is seen as a precursor to Afrocentrism.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

Their revelatory debut, “Straight Out the Jungle,” exemplified hip-hop’s embrace of Afrocentrism.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Maybe more than movies, it was music that opened the channels of American Afrocentrism, from jazz, soul and funk to early hip-hop.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2018

A Tribe Called Quest was famous for championing Afrocentrism and the everyday experiences of people of color.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2017

As part of the Native Tongues movement, which also included De La Soul, they were into Afrocentrism and positivity and showed a generation how to make music that was both fun and substantive.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2016