Afrofuturist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Afrofuturist. alt-of
- 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”."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Afrofuturist. alt-of
"The most esoteric jazz musician of all time, Herman Poole Blount, aka Sun Ra, spent the post-World War II years developing his intergalactic afrofuturist worldview while working in Chicago."
Synonyms
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More examples"Afrofuturists sought to unearth the missing history of people of African descent and their roles in science, technology, and science fiction."
Etymology
From Afro- + futurist.
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