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Afrofuturist en · ADJ

Etymology

From Afro- + futurist.

Meanings

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:

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Relateds

Afrofuturism · Afrofuturistic

Synonyms

Afrofuturistic

Afrofuturist en · NOUN

Etymology

From Afro- + futurist.

Meanings

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:

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