Afrofuturism has had such a big presence in pop culture but not many people actually know what it is. It's an idea that explores the future through a black lens while critiquing issues facing black people today. It's steeped in African traditions and spirituality as well as black identity.
In this video, I cover the basics of what it is, mostly what I found out when I was trying to figure out what it meant. If you enjoyed it please let me know. I'd love to do more of them on other topics!
Disclaimer - I'm by no means an expert so I'd be happy to hear more suggestions for future videos!
For someone who knows way more than me about the subject, check out: ONYX Pages
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_reNHCI5mUeKGbvkN2_bTA
If You'd like to read some Afrofuturist Authors check out these guys:
Nalo Hopkinson
Krista Franklin
Ytasha L. Womack
Nnedi Okorafor
Rivers Solomon
For for information have a look at these sources:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-broadnax-afrofuturism-black-panther_us_5a85f1b9e4b004fc31903b95
https://thinkprogress.org/afrofuturism-imagining-a-black-planet-d515413927d2/
https://ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/more/womack20120104
http://www.wbur.org/artery/2014/03/02/george-clinton-afrofuturism
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/fashion/afrofuturism-the-next-generation.html
https://www.dukeupress.edu/Afrofuturism
https://iafrofuturism.wordpress.com/
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=4Pf8CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=afrofuturism+blog&source=bl&ots=Ov3pMAN7nD&sig=jA3kmOC021MaKk3fW6mb9911wIU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA2-z4nbTZAhUKHZQKHdhICs84ChDoAQguMAE#v=onepage&q=afrofuturism%20blog&f=false
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