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A Multimedia Afrofuturism Sampler

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Coined by culture critic Mark Dery in his 1993 essay, "Black to the Future," Afrofuturism describes an aesthetic and a philosophy that explores themes from the African diaspora through science and technology, science fiction and fantasy, the past and the future. Afrofuturism is in books and graphic novels, music and film, art and cultural theory. Well before the term was devised, Black writers and artists were creating seminal works in Afrofuturism--Octavia Butler's Lilith's Brood trilogy and her classic novel Kindred; the works of Sun-Ra, the stories of Samuel Delany. Explore these as well as contemporary renderings such the writing of N.K. Jemisin, the music of Kamasi Washington, and the most recent iterations of the superhero Black Panther through both comics (written by Nnedi Okorafor and Ta-Nehisi Coates) and the 2018 movie. (JB & KJH)

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The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps

by Wilson, Kai Ashante

Book - 2015

"Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. With his ancestors' artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows t...Show more "Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. With his ancestors' artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows the Captain, a beautiful man with song for a voice and hair that drinks the sunlight. The two of them are the descendants of the gods who abandoned the Earth for Heaven, and they will need all the gifts those divine ancestors left to them to keep their caravan brothers alive. The one safe road between the northern oasis and southern kingdom is stalked by a necromantic terror. Demane may have to master his wild powers and trade humanity for godhood if he is to keep his brothers and his beloved captain alive." (Provided by the publisher.) Show less

"Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. With his ancestors' artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows t...Show more "Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. With his ancestors' artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows the Captain, a beautiful man with song for a voice and hair that drinks the sunlight. The two of them are the descendants of the gods who abandoned the Earth for Heaven, and they will need all the gifts those divine ancestors left to them to keep their caravan brothers alive. The one safe road between the northern oasis and southern kingdom is stalked by a necromantic terror. Demane may have to master his wild powers and trade humanity for godhood if he is to keep his brothers and his beloved captain alive." (Provided by the publisher.) Show less

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What Fire Cannot Burn

What Fire Cannot Burn

by Ridley, John

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The bestselling author of "Those Who Walk in Darkness" delivers the second book of his action-packed series, featuring top LAPD mutant-hunter So...Show more The bestselling author of "Those Who Walk in Darkness" delivers the second book of his action-packed series, featuring top LAPD mutant-hunter Soledad O'Roark, who teams up with rival Eddi Aoki when a vigilante starts killing metanormals without mercy. (Provided by the publisher.) Show less

The bestselling author of "Those Who Walk in Darkness" delivers the second book of his action-packed series, featuring top LAPD mutant-hunter So...Show more The bestselling author of "Those Who Walk in Darkness" delivers the second book of his action-packed series, featuring top LAPD mutant-hunter Soledad O'Roark, who teams up with rival Eddi Aoki when a vigilante starts killing metanormals without mercy. (Provided by the publisher.) Show less

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An Unkindness of Ghosts

An Unkindness of Ghosts

by Solomon, Rivers

Book - 2017

Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the las...Show more Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war. (Novelist) Show less

Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the las...Show more Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war. (Novelist) Show less

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Master of Poisons

Master of Poisons

A Novel

by Hairston, Andrea

Book - 2020

The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in ...Show more The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find. Djola, righthand man and spymaster of the lord of the Arkhysian Empire, is desperately trying to save his adopted homeland, even in exile. Awa, a young woman training to be a powerful griot, tests the limits of her knowledge and comes into her own in a world of sorcery, floating cities, kindly beasts, and uncertain men. (Novelist) Show less

The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in ...Show more The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find. Djola, righthand man and spymaster of the lord of the Arkhysian Empire, is desperately trying to save his adopted homeland, even in exile. Awa, a young woman training to be a powerful griot, tests the limits of her knowledge and comes into her own in a world of sorcery, floating cities, kindly beasts, and uncertain men. (Novelist) Show less

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Kindred

Kindred

by Butler, Octavia E.

eBook - 2004

Dana, a Black woman, finds herself repeatedly transported to the antebellum South, where she must make sure that Rufus, the plantation owner's son, survives to father Dana's ancestor. (NoveList) Dana, a Black woman, finds herself repeatedly transported to the antebellum South, where she must make sure that Rufus, the plantation owner's son, survives to father Dana's ancestor. (NoveList) Show less

Dana, a Black woman, finds herself repeatedly transported to the antebellum South, where she must make sure that Rufus, the plantation owner's son, survives to father Dana's ancestor. (NoveList) Dana, a Black woman, finds herself repeatedly transported to the antebellum South, where she must make sure that Rufus, the plantation owner's son, survives to father Dana's ancestor. (NoveList) Show less

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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

by Delany, Samuel R.

Book - 2004

Set against exotic landscapes and strange cultures, this saga concerns a great information war involving every world inhabited by humanity and two people whose relationship shakes civilization to its core. (NoveList) Set against exotic landscapes and strange cultures, this saga concerns a great information war involving every world inhabited by humanity and two people whose relationship shakes civilization to its core. (NoveList) Show less

Set against exotic landscapes and strange cultures, this saga concerns a great information war involving every world inhabited by humanity and two people whose relationship shakes civilization to its core. (NoveList) Set against exotic landscapes and strange cultures, this saga concerns a great information war involving every world inhabited by humanity and two people whose relationship shakes civilization to its core. (NoveList) Show less

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Binti

Binti

The Complete Trilogy

by Okorafor, Nnedi

Book - 2019

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in t...Show more Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. (Novelist) Show less

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in t...Show more Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. (Novelist) Show less

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The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season

by Jemisin, N. K.

eBook - 2015

"When her husband murders their son and abducts their daughter, grief-stricken and vengeful Essun pursues him across The Stillness, a vast and dynami...Show more "When her husband murders their son and abducts their daughter, grief-stricken and vengeful Essun pursues him across The Stillness, a vast and dynamic super-continent on the brink of catastrophe that will usher in a "fifth season," a time of uncertainty and hardship. But Essun is as formidable as the land she traverses -- she's an orogene, which means that she can shape the contours of the land. Although she's spent much of her life hiding from those who would kill her on account of her race, Essun is about to prove how dangerous a woman on a mission can be. Set in a richly detailed, fully realized world inhabited by numerous well-drawn and complex cultures, The Fifth Season launches the Broken Earth series. -- Description by Gillian Speace/NoveList" / The first in the Hugo-award winning broken Earth trilogy--literally every volume of the trilogy won a Hugo (in back-to-back years no less). (J.B.) Show less

"When her husband murders their son and abducts their daughter, grief-stricken and vengeful Essun pursues him across The Stillness, a vast and dynami...Show more "When her husband murders their son and abducts their daughter, grief-stricken and vengeful Essun pursues him across The Stillness, a vast and dynamic super-continent on the brink of catastrophe that will usher in a "fifth season," a time of uncertainty and hardship. But Essun is as formidable as the land she traverses -- she's an orogene, which means that she can shape the contours of the land. Although she's spent much of her life hiding from those who would kill her on account of her race, Essun is about to prove how dangerous a woman on a mission can be. Set in a richly detailed, fully realized world inhabited by numerous well-drawn and complex cultures, The Fifth Season launches the Broken Earth series. -- Description by Gillian Speace/NoveList" / The first in the Hugo-award winning broken Earth trilogy--literally every volume of the trilogy won a Hugo (in back-to-back years no less). (J.B.) Show less

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Brown Girl in the Ring

Brown Girl in the Ring

by Hopkinson, Nalo

Book - 2012

When the rich and privileged leave the city behind, barricaded behind roadblocks, the people of the inner city must adopt the old ways of farming, barter,...Show more When the rich and privileged leave the city behind, barricaded behind roadblocks, the people of the inner city must adopt the old ways of farming, barter, and herb lore, but when the monied need a harvest of bodies, one girl bargains with the gods and gives birth to new legends. (Novelist) Show less

When the rich and privileged leave the city behind, barricaded behind roadblocks, the people of the inner city must adopt the old ways of farming, barter,...Show more When the rich and privileged leave the city behind, barricaded behind roadblocks, the people of the inner city must adopt the old ways of farming, barter, and herb lore, but when the monied need a harvest of bodies, one girl bargains with the gods and gives birth to new legends. (Novelist) Show less

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The Intuitionist

The Intuitionist

by Whitehead, Colson

eBook - 2000

A black female elevator inspector must prove that her method of inspection by intuition, as opposed to visual observation, is not at fault when an elevator in a new city building crashes. (Novelist) A black female elevator inspector must prove that her method of inspection by intuition, as opposed to visual observation, is not at fault when an elevator in a new city building crashes. (Novelist) Show less

A black female elevator inspector must prove that her method of inspection by intuition, as opposed to visual observation, is not at fault when an elevator in a new city building crashes. (Novelist) A black female elevator inspector must prove that her method of inspection by intuition, as opposed to visual observation, is not at fault when an elevator in a new city building crashes. (Novelist) Show less

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Mothership

Mothership

Tales From Afrofuturism and Beyond

eBook - 2013

A groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction acros...Show more A groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction across the globe—including Junot Diaz, Victor LaValle, Lauren Beukes, N.K. Jemisin, Rabih Alameddine, S. P. Somtow, and more. (Novelist) Show less

A groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction acros...Show more A groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction across the globe—including Junot Diaz, Victor LaValle, Lauren Beukes, N.K. Jemisin, Rabih Alameddine, S. P. Somtow, and more. (Novelist) Show less

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Lilith's Brood

Lilith's Brood

by Butler, Octavia E.

Book - 2000

A compilation of the trilogy comprising Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago. A classic series in Afrofuturism that was written before the term was even coine...Show more A compilation of the trilogy comprising Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago. A classic series in Afrofuturism that was written before the term was even coined in 1993 from a doyenne of African-American science fiction and an author that we lost far too soon. Also available as an e-book. (JB) Show less

A compilation of the trilogy comprising Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago. A classic series in Afrofuturism that was written before the term was even coine...Show more A compilation of the trilogy comprising Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago. A classic series in Afrofuturism that was written before the term was even coined in 1993 from a doyenne of African-American science fiction and an author that we lost far too soon. Also available as an e-book. (JB) Show less

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Black Panther

Black Panther

DVD - 2018

Afrofuturism brought to glorious life on the big screen. It works as a political parable but also as a wonderous exploration of the idea of what Africa co...Show more Afrofuturism brought to glorious life on the big screen. It works as a political parable but also as a wonderous exploration of the idea of what Africa could have been like without the brutalities and exploitation of colonialism. (Yes, with superhero and SciFi flourishes but even so.) Well worth watching even if you haven't seen any of the other Marvel films, and definitely worth a re-watch if you have. (Be prepared to grieve the loss of Chadwick Boseman anew though because he shines in this film.) (JB) Show less

Afrofuturism brought to glorious life on the big screen. It works as a political parable but also as a wonderous exploration of the idea of what Africa co...Show more Afrofuturism brought to glorious life on the big screen. It works as a political parable but also as a wonderous exploration of the idea of what Africa could have been like without the brutalities and exploitation of colonialism. (Yes, with superhero and SciFi flourishes but even so.) Well worth watching even if you haven't seen any of the other Marvel films, and definitely worth a re-watch if you have. (Be prepared to grieve the loss of Chadwick Boseman anew though because he shines in this film.) (JB) Show less

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Black Panther

Black Panther

Long Live the King

by Okorafor, Nnedi

Book - 2018

"Following the destruction of the Wakandan revolution, T'Challa discovers a massive monster tearing through the country and his people besieged." (NoveList) "Following the destruction of the Wakandan revolution, T'Challa discovers a massive monster tearing through the country and his people besieged." (NoveList) Show less

"Following the destruction of the Wakandan revolution, T'Challa discovers a massive monster tearing through the country and his people besieged." (NoveList) "Following the destruction of the Wakandan revolution, T'Challa discovers a massive monster tearing through the country and his people besieged." (NoveList) Show less

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Black Panther

Black Panther

6, The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda. Part One, Many Thousands Gone

by Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Book - 2018

The first of a multi-book arc written by the author of Between the World and Me. "Waking up in a strange and troubled land with no memory of his past...Show more The first of a multi-book arc written by the author of Between the World and Me. "Waking up in a strange and troubled land with no memory of his past, T'Challa finds himself toiling in the vibranium mines in search of the mysterious M'Kraan Shard, only to be swept up in a growing rebellion." (NoveList) Show less

The first of a multi-book arc written by the author of Between the World and Me. "Waking up in a strange and troubled land with no memory of his past...Show more The first of a multi-book arc written by the author of Between the World and Me. "Waking up in a strange and troubled land with no memory of his past, T'Challa finds himself toiling in the vibranium mines in search of the mysterious M'Kraan Shard, only to be swept up in a growing rebellion." (NoveList) Show less

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The Epic

The Epic

by Washington, Kamasi

Music CD - 2015

Kamasi Washington brings Afrofuturism into his modern jazz compositions and performances. He's an amazing saxophonist with a gift for broad-ranging collab...Show more Kamasi Washington brings Afrofuturism into his modern jazz compositions and performances. He's an amazing saxophonist with a gift for broad-ranging collaborations, who manages to be both complex and playful. This is his debut studio album and is a good place to start but you won't go wrong with any of his music. One of the tracks is an extended and immersive riff on Clair de Lune. It's very worth checking out NPR's presentation of select parts of the Epic composition cycle brought to astonishing life with dozens of musicians and singers on stage and interspersed with interviews (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGzin5ceuwk). Also available as an LP/ (JB) Show less

Kamasi Washington brings Afrofuturism into his modern jazz compositions and performances. He's an amazing saxophonist with a gift for broad-ranging collab...Show more Kamasi Washington brings Afrofuturism into his modern jazz compositions and performances. He's an amazing saxophonist with a gift for broad-ranging collaborations, who manages to be both complex and playful. This is his debut studio album and is a good place to start but you won't go wrong with any of his music. One of the tracks is an extended and immersive riff on Clair de Lune. It's very worth checking out NPR's presentation of select parts of the Epic composition cycle brought to astonishing life with dozens of musicians and singers on stage and interspersed with interviews (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGzin5ceuwk). Also available as an LP/ (JB) Show less

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Heaven and Earth

Heaven and Earth

by Washington, Kamasi

Music CD - 2018

Another good starting place with this amazing composer/saxophonist. Has an ode to the old school arcade game Street Fighter. (Found in 7-11's everywhere for awhile in the 90s.) Also available as an LP. (JB) Another good starting place with this amazing composer/saxophonist. Has an ode to the old school arcade game Street Fighter. (Found in 7-11's everywhere for awhile in the 90s.) Also available as an LP. (JB) Show less

Another good starting place with this amazing composer/saxophonist. Has an ode to the old school arcade game Street Fighter. (Found in 7-11's everywhere for awhile in the 90s.) Also available as an LP. (JB) Another good starting place with this amazing composer/saxophonist. Has an ode to the old school arcade game Street Fighter. (Found in 7-11's everywhere for awhile in the 90s.) Also available as an LP. (JB) Show less

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Space Is the Place

Space Is the Place

by Sun Ra

LP - 2017

Widely considered a classic of free jazz and Afrofuturism alike, this album laid the ground work for so many musicians to follow. It dives deep into the alien metaphor that was integral to Sun Ra's body of work. Also available as a CD. (JB) Widely considered a classic of free jazz and Afrofuturism alike, this album laid the ground work for so many musicians to follow. It dives deep into the alien metaphor that was integral to Sun Ra's body of work. Also available as a CD. (JB) Show less

Widely considered a classic of free jazz and Afrofuturism alike, this album laid the ground work for so many musicians to follow. It dives deep into the alien metaphor that was integral to Sun Ra's body of work. Also available as a CD. (JB) Widely considered a classic of free jazz and Afrofuturism alike, this album laid the ground work for so many musicians to follow. It dives deep into the alien metaphor that was integral to Sun Ra's body of work. Also available as a CD. (JB) Show less

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Mothership Connection

Mothership Connection

by Parliament (Musical group)

Music CD - 2003

A reissue of the 1975 classic of musical Afrofuturism. It has all of the funk grooves and psychedelic playfulness, that George Clinton and the various ite...Show more A reissue of the 1975 classic of musical Afrofuturism. It has all of the funk grooves and psychedelic playfulness, that George Clinton and the various iterations of Parliment, Funkadelic, Parliment-Funkadelic, P-Funk All-stars, et al were known for. Critics didn't know quite what to make of it when it was released (it was *way* ahead of its time), but it has since come to be considered a become a righteous classic for its musicality, lyrics, attitude, blazing creativity, and extensive influence on generations of musicians. (JB) Show less

A reissue of the 1975 classic of musical Afrofuturism. It has all of the funk grooves and psychedelic playfulness, that George Clinton and the various ite...Show more A reissue of the 1975 classic of musical Afrofuturism. It has all of the funk grooves and psychedelic playfulness, that George Clinton and the various iterations of Parliment, Funkadelic, Parliment-Funkadelic, P-Funk All-stars, et al were known for. Critics didn't know quite what to make of it when it was released (it was *way* ahead of its time), but it has since come to be considered a become a righteous classic for its musicality, lyrics, attitude, blazing creativity, and extensive influence on generations of musicians. (JB) Show less

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Computer games

Computer games

by Clinton, George

Music CD - 1982

This is George Clinton's first solo album but it shares lots of musical personnel and sensibilities with Parliment-Funkadelic in its various forms. It's p...Show more This is George Clinton's first solo album but it shares lots of musical personnel and sensibilities with Parliment-Funkadelic in its various forms. It's production manages to be both of its time (1982) and timeless. A dance album for the ages. Contains the classic (and much sampled) "Atomic Dog." "Loopzilla" somewhat presciently plays with a live-version sampling which has delightful warped psychedelic jukebox feel. (JB) Show less

This is George Clinton's first solo album but it shares lots of musical personnel and sensibilities with Parliment-Funkadelic in its various forms. It's p...Show more This is George Clinton's first solo album but it shares lots of musical personnel and sensibilities with Parliment-Funkadelic in its various forms. It's production manages to be both of its time (1982) and timeless. A dance album for the ages. Contains the classic (and much sampled) "Atomic Dog." "Loopzilla" somewhat presciently plays with a live-version sampling which has delightful warped psychedelic jukebox feel. (JB) Show less

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Quazarz

Quazarz

Born on A Gangster Star

by Shabazz Palaces (Musical group)

Music CD - 2017

Experimental Afrofuturism hip-hop out of Seattle by way of the Sub Pop label that launched Nirvana back in the day. They wear their jazz influences on the...Show more Experimental Afrofuturism hip-hop out of Seattle by way of the Sub Pop label that launched Nirvana back in the day. They wear their jazz influences on their sleeve, which isn't surprising since one of the founding members was formerly of the group Digable Planets. They might be a little more under the radar than some of the other musicians on this list, but they're well-worth checking out. (Literally, since SPPL owns several of their albums.) (JB) Show less

Experimental Afrofuturism hip-hop out of Seattle by way of the Sub Pop label that launched Nirvana back in the day. They wear their jazz influences on the...Show more Experimental Afrofuturism hip-hop out of Seattle by way of the Sub Pop label that launched Nirvana back in the day. They wear their jazz influences on their sleeve, which isn't surprising since one of the founding members was formerly of the group Digable Planets. They might be a little more under the radar than some of the other musicians on this list, but they're well-worth checking out. (Literally, since SPPL owns several of their albums.) (JB) Show less

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Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

by OutKast (Musical group)

Music CD - 1994

OutKast, those wonderful (and self-characterized) aliens from Atlanta, brought Afrofuturism into the next generation of hip-hop with this album and its tw...Show more OutKast, those wonderful (and self-characterized) aliens from Atlanta, brought Afrofuturism into the next generation of hip-hop with this album and its two follow-ups--ATLiens and Aquemini. (Folks have quite literally written academic articles about it.) This album also brought the wide world of Southern rap onto the map. Whatever lens you use, it's a darn good album. (JB) Show less

OutKast, those wonderful (and self-characterized) aliens from Atlanta, brought Afrofuturism into the next generation of hip-hop with this album and its tw...Show more OutKast, those wonderful (and self-characterized) aliens from Atlanta, brought Afrofuturism into the next generation of hip-hop with this album and its two follow-ups--ATLiens and Aquemini. (Folks have quite literally written academic articles about it.) This album also brought the wide world of Southern rap onto the map. Whatever lens you use, it's a darn good album. (JB) Show less

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Dirty Computer

Dirty Computer

by Monáe, Janelle

Music CD - 2018

Vox describes this album as a "a jubilant, queer, Afrofuturist vision of what Metropolis could be." The Metropolis in question is a classic blac...Show more Vox describes this album as a "a jubilant, queer, Afrofuturist vision of what Metropolis could be." The Metropolis in question is a classic black-and-white dystopian film that she references explicitly and implicitly throughout her musical output. SciFi in sensibility from her first EP, Monae's Afrofuturism is a complex and evolving narrative that grows to empower it creator and its listeners. Also available as an LP. (JB) Show less

Vox describes this album as a "a jubilant, queer, Afrofuturist vision of what Metropolis could be." The Metropolis in question is a classic blac...Show more Vox describes this album as a "a jubilant, queer, Afrofuturist vision of what Metropolis could be." The Metropolis in question is a classic black-and-white dystopian film that she references explicitly and implicitly throughout her musical output. SciFi in sensibility from her first EP, Monae's Afrofuturism is a complex and evolving narrative that grows to empower it creator and its listeners. Also available as an LP. (JB) Show less

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The Sin Seer

The Sin Seer

DVD - 2016

A thriller with a speculative fiction sensibility. One of the protagonists can see the things that most people hide--dark secrets, misdeeds, sins of all s...Show more A thriller with a speculative fiction sensibility. One of the protagonists can see the things that most people hide--dark secrets, misdeeds, sins of all sorts. Not surprisingly, this leads to dark discoveries about her past and draws unwelcome attention from a killer. (JB) Show less

A thriller with a speculative fiction sensibility. One of the protagonists can see the things that most people hide--dark secrets, misdeeds, sins of all s...Show more A thriller with a speculative fiction sensibility. One of the protagonists can see the things that most people hide--dark secrets, misdeeds, sins of all sorts. Not surprisingly, this leads to dark discoveries about her past and draws unwelcome attention from a killer. (JB) Show less

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Brown Girl Begins

Brown Girl Begins

DVD - 2018

A cinematic prequel to Nalo Hopkinson's award-winning novel Brown Girl in the Ring. As such, it focuses on one of the novel's main characters, Ti-Jeanne. ...Show more A cinematic prequel to Nalo Hopkinson's award-winning novel Brown Girl in the Ring. As such, it focuses on one of the novel's main characters, Ti-Jeanne. It balances the novel's themes of Afro-Caribbean folklore and a dystopian world with a coming-of-age story that explores identity and the nature of sacrifice. (JB) Show less

A cinematic prequel to Nalo Hopkinson's award-winning novel Brown Girl in the Ring. As such, it focuses on one of the novel's main characters, Ti-Jeanne. ...Show more A cinematic prequel to Nalo Hopkinson's award-winning novel Brown Girl in the Ring. As such, it focuses on one of the novel's main characters, Ti-Jeanne. It balances the novel's themes of Afro-Caribbean folklore and a dystopian world with a coming-of-age story that explores identity and the nature of sacrifice. (JB) Show less

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