afrofuturist means relating to Afrofuturism. It carries an Arena rating of 1191, earned across 116 head-to-head judged battles.
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Why “afrofuturist” is a great word
AFROFUTURIST — [Adjective] Relating to a cultural aesthetic and philosophy that combines science fiction, history, and fantasy to explore the African diaspora experience and envision liberated Black futures. From the English combining form Afro- (relating to Africa or African people) + futurist (one who studies or speculates about the future). Coined in the 1990s by U.S. author and critic Mark Dery. Unlike "Afrocentric" (which roots itself in the historical and present) or simply "futurist" (which gazes forward in culturally neutral terms), Afrofuturist is a vector, projecting diasporic memory and identity forward through time. It is the sonic architecture of a Sun Ra arkestra, the cyborg grace of a warrior-queen in Wakanda, and the defiant gleam of chrome on a Sankofa bird—a tradition that insists the future, too, is a homeland to be claimed and remade.
Etymology
From Afro- + futurist.
adj
- Relating to Afrofuturism.
noun
- A person who works in the genre of Afrofuturism.e.g.“Afrofuturists sought to unearth the missing history of people of African descent and their roles in science, technology, and science fiction.” — 2013, Ytasha L. Womack, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, →ISBN, page 17:
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