What The Heck Is Afrofuturism?
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What The Heck Is Afrofuturism?
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Description
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HuffPost article by Jamie Broadnax describes the Afrofuturism cultural movement and its differences from other science and speculative fiction. Broadnax refers to Afrofuturist media like the Black Panther comics and film and Octavia E. Butler’s novels.
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Abstract
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It's more than Black Panther. It's an entire movement.
Many of us blerds (black nerds, to you) who have read the Black Panther comics never thought the day would come when we would finally see this story adapted for the big screen. With the movie’s already profound effect on pop culture, it is provoking deeper discussions around reimagined worlds with black politicians, spiritual leaders and monarchs at the helm. We’re hearing the word “Afrofuturism” a lot.
But what exactly is Afrofuturism?
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Date
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Feb 16, 2018
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en
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HuffPost
