Afro-Ukrainian

comparative more Afro-Ukrainian · superlative most Afro-Ukrainian

1. Of or pertaining to Ukrainians of African descent.

   The mistress of the house, Julietta, is Afro-Ukrainian. Her father was from Africa. He came to the U.S.S.R. as a student.

   2022, Andrey Kurkov, Diary of an Invasion, Mountain Leopard Press, →ISBN

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   Another reason for discontent is the mixed origin of singers, as was the case with the Afro-Ukrainian Gaitana or Swedish singer Loreen, described as Swedish of Moroccan-Berber descent

   2017, Juliana Tzvetkova, Pop Culture in Europe, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 172

plural Afro-Ukrainians

1. A Ukrainian of African descent.

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   Performances of blackness, as exemplified by Afro-Ukrainians like Gaitana and African groups like Alfa-Alfa and Chornobryvtsi, show that musicians walk a fine line of wishing to change perceptions of blacks in Ukraine while at the same time dipping into expectations of black performance aesthetics in order to communicate with the audience.

   2014, Adriana N. Helbig, Hip Hop Ukraine, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 162