Afro-Asian

American  

[af-roh-ey-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ˈæf roʊˈeɪ ʒən, -ʃən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples.

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Afro-Asian British  

adjective

1. of or relating to both Africa and Asia, esp as part of the Third World

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Etymology

Origin of Afro-Asian

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Highlights included a very pregnant Beyoncé, all golden, a kind of Afro-Asian space empress, surrounded by flowing waves of dancers, tipping back in a chair so far it made you say, “Hey, the baby.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2017

Sixty years ago, representatives from 29 Asian and African nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia, for the “Conference of Afro-Asian Peoples,” known more colloquially as the Bandung Conference.

From Time • Aug. 26, 2015

In Cairo, he hangs out with African-American jazz aficionados who are trying to create a “progressive” Afro-Asian genre to counter what’s being broadcast by the State Department.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2015

In sum, the Assembly record proved that there is no such thing as an Afro-Asian bloc with clear loyalties or affiliations to either East or West.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sea barrier prevented not just humans but also many other Afro-Asian animals and plants from reaching this ‘Outer World’.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari