AFROFUTURISM

Comprising elements of the avant-garde Science fiction cutting-edge hip-hop black Comix and graphic novels afrofuturism spans both underground and mainstream pop culture. With a two-fold aim to entertain and enlighten afrofuturists strive to break down racial ethnic and all social limitations to empower and free individuals to be themselves. This book introduces readers to the burgeoning artists creating afrofuturist works the history of innovators in the past and the wide range of subjects they explore. From the sci-fi literature of Samuel delany Octavia Butler and NK jemisin to the musical cosmos of sun Ra George Clinton and the black eyed peas’ will.I.Am to the visual and multimedia artists inspired by African dog on myths and Egyptian deities topics range from the “alien” experience of Blacks in America to the “wake up” cry that peppers sci-fi literature sermons and activism. Interviews with rappers composers musicians singers authors comic illustrators painters and DJS as well as afrofuturist professors provide a first-hand look at this fascinating movement.