Afrofuturism

English

Etymology

From Afro- +‎ futurism, attributed to cultural critic Mark Dery.

Noun

Afrofuturism (uncountable)

1. An Afrocentric literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic realism.
   • 2019, Eddie Chambers, The Routledge Companion to African American Art History, Routledge, →ISBN:

     Post-Blackness and Afrofuturism are related in that the latter offers a method of problematizing the idea that a progressive way ahead involves the dissolution of race and erasure of racial performativity.

Related terms

• Afrofuturist
• Afrofuturistic

See also

• Afropunk
• techno-orientalism
• Africanfuturism

Further reading

• Afrofuturism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia