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Aug 27, 2020 · Black Speculative Literature is science fiction, fantasy, horror, and alternate realities centering Black African and diasporic cultures, mythologies, and philosophies. It must not center the ...
Jan 30, 2020 · 1859 Martin R. Delany: Blake, or the Huts of America — This is often cited as the first African American science fiction novel, though the author lived in England at the time it was published. It’s about a slave revolt, with hints at the Utopia that may follow.
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.
- Soraya Nadia Mcdonald
- 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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Since before the Revolutionary War, Black writers have shaped American literature and culture, redefining existing genres and inventing new ones. The history of African American literature is rich and varied, encompassing spirituals, memoirs, journalism, poetry, theater, science fiction, and every other literary category on the planet. To help you track the evolution and importance of African ...
Mar 1, 2024 · Afrofuturism combines African culture and artistic taste with elements of science fiction to create something that is beautiful, creative and promotes the self expression and representation of Black artists. “Whether through literature, visual arts, music or grassroots organizing, Afrofuturists redefine culture and notions of Blackness for ...
African Americans have produced some of the most profound and exciting stories the US has had to offer. From the memoirs of social reformers like Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X to the genre novels of Octavia Butler and N.K. Jemisin, the voices of Black authors have been key to guiding the direction of American literature for over 100 years.
