Afrofuturist

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Afro- +‎ futurist.

Noun

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Afrofuturist (plural Afrofuturists)

  1. A person who works in the genre of Afrofuturism.
    • 2013, Ytasha L. Womack, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, →ISBN, page 17:
      Afrofuturists sought to unearth the missing history of people of African descent and their roles in science, technology, and science fiction.

Adjective

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Afrofuturist (comparative more Afrofuturist, superlative most Afrofuturist)

  1. Relating to Afrofuturism.
    Synonym: Afrofuturistic
    • 2010, Tammy Kernodle, Horace Maxille, Emmett G. Price III, Encyclopedia of African American Music, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 9:
      Drawing on tropes of alienation and abduction, Afrofuturist musicians have used this idea to satirize media representations of a race-free future, commenting on the fact that the few black characters in mainstream sci-fi almost always portrayed stereotypical white characteristics or “acted white”.
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