Afro-Latino

[ af-roh-luh-tee-noh ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Black Latinos with African ancestry: an Afro-Latino dance group.

   Afro-Latino baseball all-stars;

   an Afro-Latino dance group.

noun

, plural Af·ro-La·ti·nos.

1. a Black Latino with African ancestry:

   recognizing the contributions of Afro-Latinos in the civil rights movement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Afro-Latino¹

First recorded in 2000–05; Afro- ( def ) + Latino ( def )

Example Sentences

On May 25, 1926, the New York Public Library announced that it had acquired the celebrated Afro-Latino bibliophile Arturo Schomburg’s collection of more than 4,000 books, manuscripts and other artifacts.

From New York Times

And we Latin people are finally getting to an intersection, a crossroads where we're accepting and embracing our indigenous side, our Afro-Latino side and loving it — finally.

From Salon

Urango, who was of Chumash, African American and Mexican ancestry and self identified as a Afro-Latino, was born with spina bifida, kyphosis and scoliosis, which informed his activism and outspokenness as a disabled musician playing some of the world’s most coveted stages.

From Los Angeles Times

Slightly in the realms of fantasy now, but if Rustin's Colman Domingo also pulls off a big shock by winning the Oscar for best actor for playing gay Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin, he will be the first Afro-Latino actor to win the prize.

From BBC

Today he is the first Afro-Latino to be nominated for a lead actor Oscar.

From Los Angeles Times