afrofuturist

plural afrofuturists

1. Alternative letter-case form of Afrofuturist.

comparative more afrofuturist · superlative most afrofuturist

1. Alternative letter-case form of Afrofuturist.

   The most esoteric jazz musician of all time, Herman Poole Blount, aka Sun Ra, spent the post-World War II years developing his intergalactic afrofuturist worldview while working in Chicago.

   2013, Rickey Vincent, Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 134

plural Afrofuturists · alternative afrofuturist

1. A person who works in the genre of Afrofuturism.

   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

comparative more Afrofuturist · superlative most Afrofuturist · alternative afrofuturist

1. Relating to Afrofuturism.

   Drawing on tropes of alienation and abduction, Afrofuturist musicians have used this idea to satirize media representations of a race-free future, commenting on the fact that the few black characters in mainstream sci-fi almost always portrayed stereotypical white characteristics or “acted white”.

   2010, Tammy Kernodle, Horace Maxille, Emmett G. Price III, Encyclopedia of African American Music, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 9

   Synonyms: Afrofuturistic