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Affrilachia.
Affrilachia is a term coined by Kentucky-based writer Frank X Walker to describe African American residents of Appalachia. Walker created the term in response to reading a dictionary definition of the word "Appalachian" that specifically defined the term as referring to white residents of the Appalachian region. The term is meant to provide visibility to the African American population of the region that stereotypes typically obscure. Walker used the term as the title of a book of his poetry, and the term has since been taken up by other activists, artists, poets, and academics.