Because Africans have been cosmopolitan and present everywhere in the world for centuries. Because this term seems to assume that “african” and “cosmopolitan ” are such antinomic words the invention of a new one is needed for the use of those who are both. Because, in an underlying way, this word tends to add value , in a problematic way, to  the African who is familiar with the capitals of the western world. The word “europolitan” would seem absurd.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, about why she rejects the word “Afropolitan” created by the author Taiye Selasi










