Affrilachia
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affrilachia-181-11620537
title:
Affrilachia
text:
Affrilachia is a term that focuses on the cultural contributions of African-American artists, writers, and musicians in the Appalachian region of the United States. The term "Affrilachia" is attributed to Kentucky-based writer Frank X Walker, who began using it in the 1990s as a way to negate the stereotype of Appalachian culture, which portrays Appalachians as predominantly white and living in small mountain communities. Walker could be said to have made this word global. The term Affrilachian
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
African American residents of Appalachia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affrilachia
date created:
2019-03-04T16:02:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T21:28:43Z
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