What is Afrofuturism?
"Afrofuturism is a field of artistic production and scholarly inquiry that transforms the narrative devices of traditional science fiction to imagine new futures for people of the African Diaspora."
From: Rollefson, J. Griffith. "Afrofuturism." Encyclopedia of African American Music, edited by Emmett G. Price, III, vol. 1, Greenwood, 2011, pp. 8-12. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3300800016/GVRL?u=cclc_sac&sid=GVRL&xid=01ec5f69. Accessed 15 Apr. 2021.
The selections below are available through the SCC Library. If it says "ebook" then you can access it online, but if it has a "call number" code like "PN3433.5 .W66 2013" then you will have to request the item and then wait a few days for an email saying that it is ready for you to pick it up on campus.
These are just a few samples of what you can find in the SCC Library.
Critical Works about Afrofuturism
- Brave black worlds: black superheroes as science fiction ciphersby Adilifu Nama in African Identities, 2009-05-01, Vol.7 (2), p.133-144.
Fiction
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Call Number: PS3619.O43724 U55 2017ISBN: 9781617755880Publication Date: 2017
How Long 'til Black Future Month? by Call Number: PS3610.E46 A6 2018ISBN: 9780316491341Publication Date: 2018
Video and More
"Afrofuturism" in St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture by
Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781410380821Publication Date: 2018
- Aunjanue Ellis Says ‘Lovecraft Country’ Is About Black Self-Liberationby Taiia Smart Young in Essence, August 16, 2020
- Rep. Cummings, HBO’s ‘Watchmen’, and How Black Creatives Can Battle Erasureby M'Shai Dash in Blacksci-Fi.com, October 23, 2019.
- Space Is the Place: Black Cinema in Search of Speculative Fictionsby Ewa Drygalska in Journal of Popular Culture, 2019-08, Vol.52 (4), p.910-930.