num_pages: 213
description: 2014 Locus Awards Finalist Nonfiction CategoryIn 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 books 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.
language: English
title: Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture
publisher: Lawrence Hill Books