Afropunk
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Punk music or subculture with black African influences. uncountable
"[…] women whom he feels his Afropunk musical tastes and skateboard transportation would otherwise drive away."
- 2 Afrocentric science fiction. uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"[…] women whom he feels his Afropunk musical tastes and skateboard transportation would otherwise drive away."
Etymology
From Afro- + punk or Afro- + -punk.
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