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Afrofuturism

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *bʰuH-✻
  2. derived from futūrus
  3. derived from futur
  4. inherited from future
  5. suffixed as futurism — “future + ism”
  6. prefixed as afrofuturism — “Afro + futurism”

Definitions

  1. An Afrocentric literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction,…

    An Afrocentric literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic realism.

    • 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.

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