Afropolitan is a term constructed from the name Africa and the ancient Greek word πολίτης ('politis'), meaning 'citizen' (itself from polis, 'city').[1] It is an attempt at redefining African phenomena by, on the one hand, placing emphasis on ordinary citizens' experiences in Africa and, on the other hand, reconceptualizing the African Diaspora's relationship with the African continent. Afropolitanism is used and defined in various ways. The novelist Taiye Selasi and the political theorist Achille Mbembe are immediately associated with the coinage of the term and its fundamental theorization.[2]
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^Rath, Anna von. "Afropolitanism as ethico-political stance: Achille Mbembe". poco.lit. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Afropolitan is a term constructed from the name Africa and the ancient Greek word πολίτης ('politis'), meaning 'citizen' (itself from polis, 'city')....
Selasi published "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What is an Afropolitan?)", her seminal text on Afropolitans. Her novel, Ghana Must Go, was published by Penguin...
Afropolitan Vibes is a live music concert series & annual music festival in Lagos, Nigeria. The show was created by Ade Bantu and Abby Ogunsanya in 2013...
contemporary modern music, coining the term "Afropolitan Melodies".[citation needed] Lara Rose & the Afropolitan Melodies incorporate the Yoruba language...
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starring. and Black Samruai 2009: Stereotype 2011: Native Sun 2014: Afropolitan Dreams 2016: Diasporadical 2019: The Burial of Kojo 2004: Soul Rebel...
SOAS, University of London cross-cultural author who dubs herself a "Ms Afropolitan" and has received an Honorary Fellowship in Writing from The Hong Kong...
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Vankin, Deborah. "MacArthur fellows for 2017: a tragicomic novelist, an 'Afropolitan' painter and more" Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2017 Jones, Kenneth...
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York. Solway, Diane. "Nigerian Painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby Tells an Afropolitan Story in America". W Magazine. Retrieved 2019-04-12. "Njideka Akunyili...
western mainstream music. "October 11, 2012: The Art and Ambivalence of Afropolitan Patriotism: Making Malian Music in Times of Celebration and Crisis |...
Stephanie Bosch Santana, "Exorcizing Afropolitanism: Binyavanga Wainaina explains why 'I am a Pan-Africanist, not an Afropolitan' at ASAUK 2012", Africa in Words...
January 2008. Draft Final Report. Lemu, Massa. "Danfo, Molue and the Afropolitan Experience in Emeka Ogbohs Soundscapes". Art & Education. Archived from...
Cyberspace". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Yékú, James (2020-05-03). "Anti-Afropolitan ethics and the performative politics of online scambaiting". Social Dynamics...
African diaspora, and Nigerian women through her award-winning blog MsAfropolitan, which she created and has been editing since 2010. The issues covered...
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