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Afropunk

Afropunk noun: punk music or subculture with black African influences.

Noun

Afropunk (uncountable)

  1. Punk music or subculture with black African influences.
    • […] women whom he feels his Afropunk musical tastes and skateboard transportation would otherwise drive away.2014, Zandria F. Robinson, This Ain't Chicago, page 139
  2. Afrocentric science fiction.
    • There’s a lot going on in this novel, but Thompson expertly juggles all his disparate elements – alien encounter, cyberpunk-biopunk-Afropunk thriller, zombie-shocker, an off-kilter love story and an atmospheric portrait of a futuristic Nigeria.2018 October 4, Adam Roberts, “Rosewater by Tade Thompson review – a stellar SF debut”, in The Guardian

Origin of Afropunk

From Afro- + punk or Afro- + -punk.

Questions about Afropunk

What does Afropunk mean?
Afropunk means punk music or subculture with black African influences.
What part of speech is Afropunk?
Afropunk is a noun.

Words near Afropunk in the dictionary

  1. afropithecines
  2. Afropolitan
  3. Afropolitanism
  4. Afropolitans
  5. Afropop
  6. Afropunk
  7. afrormosia
  8. afrormosias
  9. Afroromance
  10. afros
  11. afroside

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