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Afrofuturism

Afrofuturism noun: an Afrocentric literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic realism in relation to the African diaspora, especially in the Americas.

Noun

Afrofuturism (uncountable)

  1. An Afrocentric literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic realism in relation to the African diaspora, especially in the Americas.
    • Post-Blackness and Afrofuturism are related in that the latter offers a method of problematizing the idea that a progressive way ahead involves the dissolution of race and erasure of racial performativity.2019, Eddie Chambers, The Routledge Companion to African American Art History, Routledge, →ISBN

Origin of Afrofuturism

From Afro- + futurism, coined by American journalist Mark Dery in 1992.

Questions about Afrofuturism

What does Afrofuturism mean?
Afrofuturism means an Afrocentric literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic realism in relation to the African diaspora, especially in the Americas.
What part of speech is Afrofuturism?
Afrofuturism is a noun.

Words near Afrofuturism in the dictionary

  1. Afrodiasporic
  2. afrodite
  3. afroed
  4. Afroeurasia
  5. Afrofeminist
  6. Afrofuturism
  7. afrofuturist
  8. Afrofuturistic
  9. afrofuturists
  10. afroinsectiphilian
  11. afroinsectiphilians

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