- of or relating to Black people of Cuban origin and African ancestry: an Afro-Cuban movie director.
- combining elements of Black African culture with those of Cuban culture: Afro-Cuban religion.
- a Black person of Cuban origin and African ancestry: an engineering scholarship for Afro-Cubans.
- percussive Latin music originating in Cuba and showing strong African rhythmic influence: a distinctive blend of jazz, Afro-Cuban, and hip-hop.
- of or relating to a type of jazz influenced by Cuban variants of African rhythms
