Afro-futurism

Missed this discussion on science fiction and Afro-futurism and the Starship Black Female, held at the ICA yesterday.

Infinity and Beyond 2006

Missed this discussion on science fiction and Afro-futurism and the Starship Black Female, held at the ICA yesterday.

Archive 2006-12-01 2006

Based on concepts of Afro-futurism (still controversial today; just ask Geo of the Blue Scholars) from Sun Ra, who carried forward the idea that blacks couldn't find peace and place on Earth with so much cruelty and objectification, urging them to imagine a black planet.

The KEXP Blog Chris Estey 2010

(It's interesting to imagine how we might think of him if he had been a streetwise black American instead of a nerdy white Brit; would we be calling "She Blinded Me With Science" an example of Afro-futurism?).

new debug sitecombined feed 2010

Based on concepts of Afro-futurism (still controversial today; just ask Geo of the Blue Scholars) from Sun Ra, who carried forward the idea that blacks couldn't find peace and place on Earth with so much cruelty and objectification, urging them to imagine a black planet.

The KEXP Blog Chris Estey 2010

Hammerstein, the Harlem Renaissance to Afro-futurism, Salvador Dali to Philip K Dick.

The Guardian World News Dorian Lynskey 2010

Sun Ra developed a complicated persona of cosmic philosophies and lyrical poetry that made him a pioneer of Afro-futurism (a term coined by cultural critic Mark Dery in his 1994 essay

Articles - JazzTimes 2009

Sun Ra developed a complicated persona of cosmic philosophies and lyrical poetry that made him a pioneer of Afro-futurism (a term coined by cultural critic Mark Dery in his 1994 essay

Articles - JazzTimes 2009

Afro-futurism is a vexed term for some Black people, because a white man—Mark Dery—came up with it.

Afrofuturist Books Five Books 2026