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Notes from New Page Patrol review

Created by spinning off a portion from another article, converting the redirect here in the process. Looks fine including wp:notability for a separate article. There was little discussion at the article it was spun from, but so far no objections. I'm marking it as reviewed although of course the move is still open for discussion. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 22:33, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

ridiculously long detailed and verbose

There is way too much useless text to describe one simple ideology created by one man. If you look at Marx or anyone else you see some structure to Marxism, this article goes on and on, back and forth to the point where it is unreadable. Like an Essay. I do not even fully understand why it was forked out from Afrocentrism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hausa warrior (talk • contribs) 16:32, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

How to Reference Afrocentrists

There should be some reference or section for what an Afrocentrist is. This will have implications for other pages. For example, in An Afrocentric Manifesto Asante states, "To be an Afrocentrist, one has to make a self-conscious effort to interpret, explain and analyze the world from the perspective of African agency" [1]. He further explains, "For example, it becomes important for the Afrocentrist to understand how to use the Afrocentric method in textual analysis. It goes without saying that the Afrocentrist cannot function properly as a scientist or humanist if he or she does not adequately locate the phenom in time and space. This means that chronology is as important in some situations as location. Both aspects of analysis are central to any proper understanding of society, history, or personality." Such statements and others in the text present a foundation for understanding the intellectual paradigm and methodologies Afrocentrists utilize. As aforementioned, this will have implications for other pages as only academics are Afrocentrists and some people labeled Afrocentrist are not academics, and many who are academics who do not use Afrocentricity as a theoretical framework. See examples from this page here: [2]. Asante, Mazama, and others (see citation 49 of this article) make the point clear that an Afrocentrist utilizes Afrocentricity as an intellectual and theoretical idea similar to how Marxists utilize Marxism. However, it would be disingenuous to call Bernie Sanders, for example, a Marxist because he's a Democratic Socialist (hopefully we all understand the difference), just as a Black person (or anyone) talking about Black/African phenomena in a non-mainstream way should not be automatically called an Afrocentrist. A section here will do well to help clear that confusion. Africologist (talk) 00:44, 28 December 2022 (UTC)