TIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899)
TIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899)
Black Panther the movie actually borrowed some art elements from Afrofuturism. Although it's not very pronounced.
It's literally afrofuturism
Isn't it set in the present?
I feel like a certain poster here is conveniently and transparently overlooking the word "DEVELOPING" in the title.
I notice the wikipedia article is still un-edited, too. Put your money where your mouth is if you're so confident.
If you're into sci-fi and Afro-futurism I really enjoyed Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (written a couple years ago; cool to see what a long history it's building on)