Introduction to Afrofuturism

<p><em>Introduction to Afrofuturism </em>delivers a fresh and contemporary introduction to Afrofuturism discussing key themes understandings and interdisciplinary topics across multiple genres in Black literature film and music. From Afrofuturism’s origins to the present this critical volume features scholarly works poetry drama and creative nonfiction which illuminates on the contributions of notable Afrofuturists such as Octavia Bulter Sun Ra N.K. Jemisin Janelle Monáe Nnedi Okorafor Saul Williams Prince and more. The volume highlights the impact of films such as <i>Black Panther </i>(2018 2022) <i>The Woman King </i>(2022) and <i>They Cloned Tyrone </i>(2023) and covers a variety of essential topics giving students a comprehensive view of the legacy of storytelling and the tradition of “remixing” in Black literature and arts. This volume makes connections across academic subject areas and is an engaging reader for pop culture and media film studies women’s gender and sexuality studies Black and Africana studies hip-hop studies creative writing and composition and rhetoric.</p>