Afro-Ukrainian

English

Etymology

From Afro- +‎ Ukrainian.

Adjective

Afro-Ukrainian (comparative more Afro-Ukrainian, superlative most Afro-Ukrainian)

1. Of or pertaining to Ukrainians of African descent.
   • 2017, Juliana Tzvetkova, Pop Culture in Europe, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 172:

     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

   • 2022, Andrey Kurkov, Diary of an Invasion‎^[1], Mountain Leopard Press, →ISBN:

     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.

Noun

Afro-Ukrainian (plural Afro-Ukrainians)

1. A Ukrainian of African descent.
   • 2014, Adriana N. Helbig, Hip Hop Ukraine, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 162:

     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.