Afrofuturist

noun, adj — 2 senses

Afrofuturist

noun

Etymology From Afro- + futurist.

1

A person who works in the genre of Afrofuturism.

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

Afrofuturist

adj

Etymology From Afro- + futurist.

1

Relating to Afrofuturism.

  • 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”.2010, Tammy Kernodle, Horace Maxille, Emmett G. Price III, Encyclopedia of African American Music, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 9:
Related terms
Afrofuturism, Afrofuturistic

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