Reynaldo Anderson, and Charles E. Jones, eds. Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2015. v + 222 pp. $85 hc. André M. Carrington ...
Futuristic worlds are often shaped by Western visions of humankind’s destiny. Afrofuturism offers an alternative that emphasizes how entrenched mainstream science fiction genre has become. This ...
To celebrate Black History Month in Seattle, a variety of local cultural, community and arts organizations are putting on ...
Butler was part of the Afrofuturism movement, helping push the boundaries of science fiction to expand beyond the voices of white authors in mainstream circles. Parable of the Sower is one of ...
Altadena, California was the home of the esteemed Afrofuturism pioneer who wrote Parable of the Sower .
Many consider Butler, who passed away in 2006, to be the mother of Afrofuturism, which NPR defines as, “an open-ended genre combining science fiction, fantasy and history to imagine a liberated ...
Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world wracked by climate change, racism and ec ...
ADAM THE FIRST’, won three awards at the prestigious Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (MiSciFi).Living up to ...
From groundbreaking movies to landmark novels, these are the best gifts for sci-fi fans in your life. These fascinating Afrofuturism novels from authors like Octavia Butler and Colson Whitehead ...