Afro-Jordanian or African-Jordanian are an ethnic group that is descended from people of Black African heritage in Jordan. Most Afro-Jordanians are concentrated in Karak Governorate, with many speaking Arabic and adhering to Islam.

Afro Jordanian community lives in the village of Ghour Mazra’ah by the Dead Sea. In Jordan, the Afro Jordanian community in the south Ghour region was living in the most fertile and most touristic region, by the Dead Sea, yet they were hardest hit by poverty, industrial pollution, military checkpoints, and negative stereotypes to boot. Karak is a large Jordanian province where most Afro Jordanians live, in the villages of southern Ghour by the Dead Sea. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Afro Jordanians were systematically stripped of their property and even brutalized. They also fell victim to loan-sharking schemes. According to Dr. Gubser, the central government aided and abetted the economic disenfranchisement of Afro Jordanians. The fact is, had this economic disposition of Afro Jordanians not take place, they would have been a very prosperous community. The Arab Spring will bring with it urgent relief because I truly believe young Jordanians are determined to make a positive difference if given a chance. Presently, and despite calls by African Jordanians for reforms, there and surrounding lands are still being parceled out to the highest bidders or as gifts to government loyalists. Recently, in one of the Jordan’s top corruption cases, prime Dead Sea property close the Ghour villages worth millions of dollars were handed over by the government to a casino developer who never built the casino.

Afro Samurai (アフロサムライ, Afuro Samurai^?), also written AFRO SAMURAI, is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde dōjinshi manga magazine Nou Nou Hau from September 1999 to May 2000. Inspired by Takashi Okazaki's love of soul and hip hop music and American media, Afro Samurai follows the life of Afro Samurai who witnessed his father (owner of the No. 1 headband) being killed by the hands of a gunslinger named Justice (owner of the No. 2 headband) while he was a child. As an adult, Afro sets off to avenge his father's death and kill Justice.

The Afro Samurai dōjinshi was adapted into a 5-episode anime TV series by studio Gonzo in 2007. The same studio also went on to produce a made-for-TV movie sequel entitled Afro Samurai: Resurrection in 2009, which gained two Emmy nominations, for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, which it won, and Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More). After the release of the anime series, Takashi Okazaki remade the original Afro Samurai dōjinshi into a two-volume manga. To be only released in North America, Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the title and published it under their new Tor/Seven Seas imprint.