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Mar 1, 2022 · From the Highlander clan named Douglas, Johnson suggested a new name. Frederick liked the name’s sound and strength as a word, and he quickly accepted, adding an s for distinction. Thus began the long process of the most famous self-creation of an African American identity in American history.
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- The Forever Tree
- Pumzi
- To Catch A Dream
- An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
- Raising Dion
- Redemption in Indigo
- Dark Matter
- Everfair
- Brown Girl in The Ring
- Mulogo and His Quintuple of Trouble
The Forever Tree is a short film described by its creators as “an Indiana Jones like female driven adventure story, steeped in black history, about family, love and the pursuit of legends.” The 18-minute-long film follows Tawny Bennett, an antiquarian’s apprentice in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance. The black historical fantasy, which can be vi...
Pumzi, a Kenyan science fiction short film written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu, “imagines a dystopian future 35 years after water wars have torn the world apart.” It was originally screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of a New African Cinema program. Sharing a producer with the film that District 9 was based on, Pumzicenters a young...
Written and directed by Jim ChuChu, To Catch a Dreamcombines fashion, storytelling and stunning landscapes of Kenya. This standout short film features a grieving widow, Ajuma, whose recurring nightmares of her dead husband drive her to explore a mystical remedy, opening her to a new world with curious strangers, magic and self-discovery.
Terence Nance’s An Oversimplification of Her Beautyblends animation with live action to examine the singular moment of time when a beautiful woman stood Nance up. The film, which was executive-produced by Jay-Z, dream hampton and Wyatt Cenac, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival as part of its New Frontier section.
Raising Dion focuses on single mother Nicole Reese, who is raising her 7-year-old son, Dion, after the death of her husband. However, things get complicated as Dion begins to develop powers like invisibility and telekinesis. Nicole must steer Dion as his powers evolve while simultaneously shielding him from detection. The first and last issue of th...
Barbadian author Karen Lord tells the hilarious tale of a woman who leaves her gluttonous husband and shortly after is presented with a Chaos Stick that allows her to manipulate forces in the world. Drawing on a Senegalese folktale, Redemption in Indigois a charming novel that is fresh and original.
Including writing from trailblazers such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Octavia Butler and Charles Saunders, the comprehensive series Dark Matteris an anthology of fantasy, horror and science fiction penned by black authors.
What if the native populations of Congo had learned about steam technology and developed defense mechanisms against Belgian colonizers? Everfairexplores an alternate history in which a mass genocide is reimagined as a multitude of powerful and inspiring possibilities.
Jamaican-Canadian author Nalo Hopkinson illustrates a futuristic, dystopian Toronto that is in ruins because of crime and poverty. Though the protagonist, Ti-Jeanne, in Brown Girl in the Ringoriginally rejected the inheritance of her grandmother’s voodoo-priestess gifts, she must now employ this magic to take down the city’s drug lord.
In Martin Reese’s Mulogo and His Quintuple of Trouble,Mulogo, an inhabitant of the ancient African kingdom of Kush, discovers that he has the magical talent of being able to tap into the world’s ley-lines (grids of magical energy). Since magic has been outlawed, Mulogo hides his abilities and travels across the sea to be trained as a Master Wizard,...
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In this post, we’ll take you through 30 essential African American literary works from the past hundred years, from classic novels ripe for rediscovery to contemporary collections on the cutting edge of literary fiction..
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Jul 29, 2020 · These are the best Black fantasy authors who have staked their place firmly in the genre, not only for now, but for years to come.
African American Literature explores the very issues of freedom and equality which were long denied to Black people in the United States, along with further themes such as African American culture, racism, religion, slavery, and a sense of home, among others.
The first major twenty-rst-century history of four hundred years fi of black writing, The Cambridge History of African American Literature presents a comprehensive overview of the literary tradi-tions, oral and print, of African-descended peoples in the United States.
Feb 8, 2021 · What better way to celebrate Black History Month than by reading stories by some of today’s best African American authors? Below are 13 of our favorite novels released in the past several years.
