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• Black Panther. 1, A Nation Under Our Feet

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi,

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  Prolific author and cultural commentator Ta-Nehisi Coates brings his vision to the story of T'Challa and the world of Wakanda. Tackling heady themes around systems of power and the relationships the characters have to each other, it is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Seed

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  Widely considered the vanguard of Afrofuturist writers, Octavia Butler tells the story of two immortal beings that come from the African continent and are locked in a struggle over the future of humanity. A dense, rich story with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Octavia's Brood

  Imarisha, Walidah

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  A collection of science fiction tales that explore marginalization, social justice and radical social change. Described by many as "visionary fiction," several stories in the collection capture the Afrofuturist aesthetic in the spirit of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Electric Arches

  Ewing, Eve L.,

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  Ewing takes the reader on an surreal examination of the trials of Black girlhood and womanhood in a Chicago that exists through time, space and magic. This collection of poems veers from funny to poignant in an instant.

• Binti

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  The first in a series about Binti, who comes from the Himba people (this tribal group is primarily found in current day Namibia), who starts her journey as a student at the prestigious galactic university of Oomza. A prize-winning novella…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Soul to Keep

  Due, Tananarive, 1966-

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  Take true love, complicate it by having one of you be immortal, and complicate it further by the other members of your sect of Ethiopian immortals pressuring you to give up your life and your family to protect the secret. Due weaves a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fifth Season

  Jemisin, N. K,

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  The first in the "Broken Earth" series, this is a dense, richly imagined world of high fantasy and science fiction that brings the lens of visionary fiction to an intentionally diverse cast of characters. Jemisin is a rising star in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brown Girl in the Ring

  Hopkinson, Nalo

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  Afro-Caribbean elements blend with a dystopian Toronto in which a young girl has to battle drug lords by embracing her ancestral magic. Lyrical and heavy with cultural references, Hopkinson brings such an original vision to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dhalgren

  Delany, Samuel R.

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  For many science fiction readers, Dhalgren stands like a monolith in the distance, part of the essential mythos of the genre but often impenetrable because of its bewildering narrative style. If you make it through, prepare to be rewarded…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life on Mars

  Poems

  Smith, Tracy K.

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  This collection of poems takes us to a universe beyond our own, as well as into the very personal universe of Smith, as she examines the present as if she was a visitor from the galactic future.

• parliament-Funkadelic - Do That Stuff [HD] - YouTube

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  George Clinton was another musical pioneer of Afrofuturism, leading his two bands, Parliament and Funkadelic, on a psychedelic, funky journey to outer space.

• Missy Elliott & Da Brat - Sock It 2 Me [Video] - YouTube

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  Prolific and supremely talented artist Missy Elliott has always been ahead of the curve, and the visuals in her 1997 hit single, "Sock It 2 Me" presage the cybernetic antics of current stars like Janelle Monae.

• The ArchAndroid. Suites II and III

  Monáe, Janelle

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  The current belle of the ball when it comes to the Afrofuturist aesthetic in music, Monáe, delivers a hopeful as well as critical vision of the future in her lyrics and in her music videos, which she calls "emotion pictures." "Many Moons"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ytasha Womack - Afrofuturism Imagination and Humanity - YouTube

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  Ytasha Womack, producer, director, author and innovator, leads the audience through some of the history of Afrofuturism while making the case for its importance to the current generation. Now more than ever young people are connecting to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pumzi - YouTube

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  A short, touching film set sometime after nuclear war in Kenya. Asha, a young scientist, receives a mysterious gift. Written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu, it is an Afrofuturist look at ecological and cultural concerns.