Afrofuturist

See also: afrofuturist

English

Alternative forms

• afrofuturist

Etymology

From Afro- +‎ futurist.

Noun

Afrofuturist (plural Afrofuturists)

1. A person who works in the genre of Afrofuturism.
   • 2013, Ytasha L. Womack, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, →ISBN, page 17:

     Afrofuturists sought to unearth the missing history of people of African descent and their roles in science, technology, and science fiction.

Adjective

Afrofuturist (comparative more Afrofuturist, superlative most Afrofuturist)

1. Relating to Afrofuturism.

   Synonym: Afrofuturistic

   • 2010, Tammy Kernodle, Horace Maxille, Emmett G. Price III, Encyclopedia of African American Music, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 9:

     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”.

Related terms

• Afrofuturism
• Afrofuturistic

Further reading

• Afrofuturism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia