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African American fiction

body of fiction literature by Americans of African descent
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Summary

African American fiction is a fiction genre[1]. It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: literary genre[3]
  • Subclass of: African American literature[4], fiction literature[5]
  • Significant person: Toni Morrison[6], Richard Wright[7], James Baldwin[8], Alice Walker[9], Octavia E. Butler[10], Ralph Ellison[11], Colson Whitehead[12], Jacqueline Woodson[13], E. Lynn Harris[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[15]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 807049
    Significant person → Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, James Baldwin +6
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX574959
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