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Africanfuturism

Africanfuturism noun: an Afrocentric subgenre of science fiction that foregrounds familial, spiritual and historical connections among Black people, paying particular attention to African culture, history and mythology, and African perspectives, rather than those of the African diaspora in the western world.

Noun

Africanfuturism (usually uncountable, plural Africanfuturisms)

  1. (Africa, neologism, usually) An Afrocentric subgenre of science fiction that foregrounds familial, spiritual and historical connections among Black people, paying particular attention to African culture, history and mythology, and African perspectives, rather than those of the African diaspora in the western world.
    • Africanfuturism is similar to “Afrofuturism” in the way that blacks on the continent and in the Black Diaspora are all connected by blood, spirit, history and future. The difference is that Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and...2019, Nnedi Okorafor, “Africanfuturism Defined”, in Nnedi's Wahala Zone Blog
    • Thompson’s Africanfuturism is both queer and decolonial at the same time, necessitating an approach to embodiment that does not look like white, Western performative queerness2021, Jenna N. Hanchey, “'The self is embodied': Reading queer and trans Africanfuturism in The Wormwood Trilogy”, in Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, volume 14, number 4...

Examples of Africanfuturism in a sentence

  • Africanfuturism is similar to “Afrofuturism” in the way that blacks on the continent and in the Black Diaspora are all connected by blood, spirit, history and future.2019, Nnedi Okorafor, “Africanfuturism Defined”, in Nnedi's Wahala Zone Blog:
  • This will likely mark another big surge in wider public excitement and shared fan art depicting elements of Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism.2022, Alyssa Shotwell, “The Key Differences Between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism (With Examples!)”, in The Mary Sue:

Forms of Africanfuturism

pluralAfricanfuturisms

Origin of Africanfuturism

Coined by science fiction and fantasy author Nnedi Okorafor in 2019, from African + futurism.

Questions about Africanfuturism

What does Africanfuturism mean?
Africanfuturism means an Afrocentric subgenre of science fiction that foregrounds familial, spiritual and historical connections among Black people, paying particular attention to African culture, history and mythology, and African perspectives, rather than those of the African diaspora in the western world.
How do you use Africanfuturism in a sentence?
Africanfuturism is similar to “Afrofuturism” in the way that blacks on the continent and in the Black Diaspora are all connected by blood, spirit, history and future.
What part of speech is Africanfuturism?
Africanfuturism is a noun.
What is the plural of Africanfuturism?
The plural of Africanfuturism is Africanfuturisms.

Words near Africanfuturism in the dictionary

  1. Africanders
  2. Africanerdom
  3. Africanesque
  4. Africaness
  5. Africanesses
  6. Africanfuturism
  7. Africanfuturisms
  8. Africanfuturist
  9. Africanfuturists
  10. Africanis
  11. Africanisation

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