The Future of Black: Afrofuturism and Black Comics Poetry

The Future of Black: Afrofuturism and Black Comics Poetry
Author: Gary Jackson
Publisher: Blair
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781949467673

The expansion of Marvel and DC Comics' characters such as Black Panther, Luke Cage, and Black Lightning in film and on television has created a proliferation of poetry in this genre--receiving wide literary and popular attention. This groundbreaking collection highlights work from poets who have written verse within this growing tradition, including Terrance Hayes, A. Van Jordan, Glenis Redmond, Tracy K. Smith, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Joshua Bennett, Douglas Kearney, Tara Betts, Frank X Walker, and others. In addition, the anthology will also feature the work of artists such as John Jennings and Najee Dorsey, showcasing their interpretations of superheroes, Black comic characters, Afrofuturistic images from the African diaspora.

Afrofuturism

Afrofuturism
Author: Ytasha L. Womack
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1613747993

2014 Locus Awards Finalist, Nonfiction Category In this hip, accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism, author Ytasha Womack introduces readers to the burgeoning community of artists creating Afrofuturist works, the innovators from the past, and the wide range of subjects they explore. From the sci-fi literature of Samuel Delany, Octavia Butler, and N. K. Jemisin to the musical cosmos of Sun Ra, George Clinton, and the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, to the visual and multimedia artists inspired by African Dogon myths and Egyptian deities, the book's topics range from the "alien" experience of blacks in America to the "wake up" cry that peppers sci-fi literature, sermons, and activism. With a twofold aim to entertain and enlighten, Afrofuturists strive to break down racial, ethnic, and social limitations to empower and free individuals to be themselves.

Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda

Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda
Author: Sheree Renée Thomas
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1789095670

A ground-breaking anthology celebrating Marvel’s beloved Black Panther and his home of Wakanda. Eighteen short stories penned by an all-star cast of authors such as Sheree Renée Thomas and Nikki Giovanni. T’Challa faces the gods of his parents. Vampires stalk Shuri and a Dora Milaje in voodoo-laced New Orleans. Erik Killmonger grapples with racism, Russian spies, and his own origins. Eighteen brand-new tales of Wakanda, its people, and its legacy. The first mainstream superhero of African descent, the Black Panther has attracted readers of all races and colors who see in the King of Wakanda reflections of themselves. Storytellers from across the African Diaspora—some already literary legends, others who are rising stars—have created for this collection original works inspired by the world of the Panther and its inhabitants. With guest stars including Storm, Monica Rambeau, Namor, and Jericho Drumm, these are stories of yesterday and today, of science and magic, of faith and love. These are the tales of a king and his country. These are the legends whispered in the jungle, myths of the unconquered men and women and the land they love. These are the Tales of Wakanda. Featuring stories by Linda D. Addison, Maurice Broaddus, Christopher Chambers, Milton J. Davis, Tananarive Due, Nikki Giovanni, Harlan James, Danian Jerry, Kyoko M., L.L. McKinney, Temi Oh, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Glenn Parris, Alex Simmons, Sheree Renée Thomas, Cadwell Turnbull and Troy L. Wiggins.

THE FUTURE IS BLACK AFROFUTURISM

THE FUTURE IS BLACK AFROFUTURISM
Author: Isaac King
Publisher: BookRix
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2023-10-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3755455455

Afrofuturism is a cultural style that explores the African-American experience by fusing science fiction, history, and fantasy. It also aspires to reunite people from the black diaspora with their long-forgotten African ancestors. Isaac King dives into the unknown world of afrofuturism and its Long forgotten connection to our ancestors written in books by several author in hope to one day view a future where advancement in technologies is possible. The Future is Black Afrofuturism: An Examination of Afrofuturism and the African-American Experience ": The Future is Black is an exciting voyage into the realm of Afrofuturism, a cultural movement that examines the African-American experience via science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. From Octavia Butler's revolutionary books to the music of Sun Ra and Janelle Monae, this book is a celebration of the ingenuity and imagination of Black artists and philosophers. Through interviews, essays, and original artwork, "The Future is Black" delves into the key themes and ideas that define Afrofuturism, including the intersection of technology and Black culture, the power of mythology and storytelling, and the potential for liberation and empowerment in speculative futures. This book is not simply a celebration of Afrofuturism, but a call to action. As we move into the future, it's more crucial than ever to boost Black voices and views and to conceive new possibilities for a more fair and equitable society. Whether you're a longstanding follower of Afrofuturism or just discovering this intriguing movement, "The Future is Black" is a must-read. So join along on this voyage into the future, and let's envisage a society where Black ingenuity and invention may flourish.

How Long 'til Black Future Month?

How Long 'til Black Future Month?
Author: N. K. Jemisin
Publisher: Orbit
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2018-11-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316491357

Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories. "Marvelous and wide-ranging." -- Los Angeles Times"Gorgeous" -- NPR Books"Breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold." -- Entertainment Weekly Spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story "The City Born Great," a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.

Jane Crow

Jane Crow
Author: Rosalind Rosenberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 019065645X

Euro-African-American activist Paulli Murray was a feminist lawyer, who played pivotal roles in both the modern civil rights and women's movements. Born in 1910 and identified as female, she believed from childhood she was male. Before there was a social movement to support transgender identity, she devised attacks on all arbitrary distinctions, greatly expanding the idea of equality in the process.

The Black Speculative Arts Movement

The Black Speculative Arts Movement
Author: Reynaldo Anderson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 149851054X

The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Futurity, Art+Design is a 21st century statement on the intersection of the future of African people with art, culture, technology, and politics. This collection enters the global debate on the emerging field of Afrofuturism studies with an international array of scholars and artists contributing to the discussion of Black futurity in the 21st century. The contributors analyze and respond to the invisibility or mischaracterization of Black people in the popular imagination, in science fiction, and in philosophies of history.

The Deep

The Deep
Author: Rivers Solomon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1534439889

Octavia E. Butler meets Marvel’s Black Panther in The Deep, a story rich with Afrofuturism, folklore, and the power of memory, inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group Clipping. Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners—who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly is forgotten by everyone, save one—the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities—and discovers a world her people left behind long ago. Yetu will learn more than she ever expected about her own past—and about the future of her people. If they are all to survive, they’ll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity—and own who they really are. The Deep is “a tour de force reorientation of the storytelling gaze…a superb, multilayered work,” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and a vividly original and uniquely affecting story inspired by a song produced by the rap group Clipping.

Black From the Future

Black From the Future
Author: Stephanie Andrea Allen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-08-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578502137

Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing encompasses the broad spectrum of Black speculative writing, including science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and Afrofuturism, all by Black women writers. Editors Stephanie Andrea Allen and Lauren Cherelle have gathered the voices of twenty emerging and established voices in speculative fiction and poetry; writers who've imagined the weird and the wondrous, the futuristic and the fantastical, the shadowy and the sublime.