Presentation on Afrofuturism within the literary, music, religious, movies, comics, and visual arts fields from its beginning in the 1930s until recent times.

1. Afrofuturism:WhenArtMeetsPolitics
by Phil Siarri , Nuadox.com
Image Credit: Aaron Mosby (SReal)

2. DefiningAfrofuturism
"Afrofuturism is a literary and cultural aesthetic that combines
elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, Afrocentrism,
and magic realism with non­Western cosmologies in order to critique
not only the present­day dilemmas of people of color, but also to
revise, interrogate, and re­examine the historical events of the past."
Wikipedia
Image Credit: Quentin VerCetty

3. "TheComet" byW.E.B.DuBois
The Comet is a science fiction short story, written by acclaimed
African­American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois in 1920. It
discusses the relationship between Jim Davis (a black man) and
Julia (a wealthy white woman) after a comet hits New York and
unleashes toxic gases that kill everyone except them. It is
recognized by some as the first afrofuturist literary work.

4. Yakub
Yakub is a central figure in a myth of the
Nation of Islam (NOI), an African American
group advocating black separatism.
According to the story, Yakub was a black
scientist who lived "6,600 years ago" and
began the creation of the white race. He is
said to have done this through a form of
selective breeding referred to as
"grafting". The story of Yakub was
originated in the writings of Wallace Fard
Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of
Islam in 1930's Detroit, Michigan.

5. "BlackNoMore" by GeorgeS.Schuyler
Published in 1931, "Black No More" is
a novel which tells the story of a
scientist who develops a process that
turns black people to white. The book
re­imagines a ‘raceless’ world in
which racial connotations are
deconstructed by the Black­No­More
sanitarium. Along with W.E.B. Du
Bois, American author and journalist
George Schuyler is considered a
pioneer in afrofuturist literature.

6. SunRa
Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra;[2] May 22,
1914 – May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano
and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental
music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances.
He is often credited for influencing several generations of afrofuturist
musicians since the mid 1930s after completing a "trip to Saturn".
Image Credit: Universal Music Group

7. Parliament-Funkadelic
Image Credit: Universal Music GroupBand leader George Clinton
took Sun Ra's brand of
afrofuturism to the next level
with his legendary groups
Parliament and Funkadelic
during the 1970s and early
1980s. P­Funk (short
for Parliament­Funkadelic
collective) utilized elements
of science fiction including
space ships and had a
profound influence on Hip
Hop music years later.

8. Jean-MichelBasquiat
Image Credit: The Estate of J­M Basquiat
Jean­Michel Basquiat was an
influential New York based
visual artist of Haitian and
Puerto Rican descent.
Originally a graffiti artist,
Basquiat fused social
commentary, street life and
cyberpunk sensibilities in his
art in the 1970s and 1980s
until his death in 1988.

9. TheBrotherFromAnotherPlanet
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 science fiction film
written, directed and edited by John Sayles. It stars Joe Morton as
"The Brother", an alien and escaped slave who, while fleeing
"Another Planet", has crash­landed and hides in Harlem.

10. FearofaBlackPlanet
Fear of a Black Planet is
the third studio album by
American hip hop group
Public Enemy, released in
1990, by Def Jam
Recordings and Columbia
Records. The album's
artwork followed frontman
Chuck D's concept of two
planets, the "Black" planet
and Earth, eclipsing. The
group enlisted B.E.
Johnson, a NASA
illustrator, to create the
cover.
Image Credit: Universal Music Group

11. SexPackets
Sex Packets is the debut album
from the 1990s rap group Digital
Underground and is a concept
album about "G.S.R.A." (Genetic
Suppression Relief Antidotes), a
pharmaceutical substance that is
produced in the form of a large
glowing pill about the size of a
quarter, which comes in a condom­
sized package and is allegedly
developed by the government to
provide its intended users such as
astronauts with a satisfying sexual
experience in situations where the
normal attainment of such
experiences would be counter­
productive to the mission at hand.
Image Credit: Warner Music Group

12. MissyElliott
Missy Elliot is an
American rapper,
record producer
and songwriter who
became famous for
continuing the
afrofuturism
tradition in the late
1990s and 2000s
often fusing
feminism with
industrialism.
Image Credit: Warner Music Group

13. LukeCage
Created during the height of the Blaxploitation genre in 1972, Luke Cage is
an ex­convict imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, who gains the
powers of superhuman strength and unbreakable skin after being subjected
involuntarily to an experimental procedure. In 2016, "Luke Cage" has been
adapted into a web television series (Netflix).
Image Credit: Marvel Comics

14. Janelle Monáe is an American
singer, songwriter, actress and
model who has used traditional
elements of afrofuturism with
modern "hipster" aesthetics since
the mid 2000s.
JanelleMonáe
Image Credit: Warner Music Group

15. Afrofuturism=
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