Afro-Cuban

American  

[af-roh-kyoo-buhn] / ˈæf roʊˈkyu bən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Black people of Cuban origin and African ancestry.

   an Afro-Cuban movie director.

2. combining elements of Black African culture with those of Cuban culture.

   Afro-Cuban religion.

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noun

1. a Black person of Cuban origin and African ancestry.

   an engineering scholarship for Afro-Cubans.

2. percussive Latin music originating in Cuba and showing strong African rhythmic influence.

   a distinctive blend of jazz, Afro-Cuban, and hip-hop.

Afro-Cuban British  

adjective

1. of or relating to a type of jazz influenced by Cuban variants of African rhythms Compare Cu-bop

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Etymology

Origin of Afro-Cuban

First recorded in 1890–95; Afro- ( def. ) + Cuban ( def. )

Example Sentences

Roughly 8 feet square, this dense frontal forest of figures—part human, part animal, part vegetal—in acidic blues, yellows and greens, is Cubist, Surrealist, Afro-Cuban.

From The Wall Street Journal

The families in our building are a mix of Sephardic Jews from Turkey and Afro-Cubans, and Teresita’s family is Afro-Cuban.

From Literature

“I sure did, Paloma. I also got into trouble for having an Afro and playing Afro-Cuban music. Oh, and for wearing bell-bottoms. Can you believe it? They sent me to a work camp. To rehabilitate me, as they called it. After that, I knew I had to leave, and so I did when they opened the port of Mariel to any Cubans who wanted to go. I left on a boat that almost sank.”

From Literature

But I also feel swept away by the power of music—and I’m proud that an Afro-Cuban woman who sang in Spanish could move the hearts of so many.

From Literature

I’m Afro-Cuban on my dad’s side and Sephardic-Cuban on my mom’s.

From Literature