afropolitan means A multicultural, cosmopolitan African person. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
AFROPOLITAN — [Noun] A multicultural, cosmopolitan African person, at ease in global urban spaces while retaining ties to African heritage. From Afro- (denoting Africa) and (cosmo)politan (Greek polis, "city," + polites, "citizen"), it is the linguistic offspring of rootedness and movement. Unlike "Pan-African" (which seeks unity across the continent) or "Diasporic" (which mourns dislocation), "Afropolitan" is an identity of synthesis—neither bound by borders nor severed from them. It is the Lagos banker in a bespoke suit and Ankara-print pocket square, the Accra artist whose installations riff on both Yoruba proverbs and Brooklyn street art, the Nairobi DJ blending Benga rhythms with Detroit techno—a refusal to choose between "here" and "there," because both are home.
noun
- A multicultural, cosmopolitan African person.“Rather, abjection is revealing of the processes of exclusion that are central in the making of non-abject – in this case, white European or privileged Afropolitan – subjectivities.”