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Africanfuturism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An Afrocentric subgenre of science fiction that foregrounds familial, spiritual and historical connections among Black people, paying particular attention to African culture, history and mythology, and African perspectives, rather than those of the African diaspora in the western world.

Word forms

Africanfuturism Africanfuturisms

Etymology

Coined by science fiction and fantasy author Nnedi Okorafor in 2019, from African + futurism.

Related words

Afrofuturism Africanjujuism

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