{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ac641acf3521bc019027825/5ee7815fe7c8971cc7edccee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Special announcement: Afrofuturism and diverse science fiction","description":"<p>I was going to create a podcast episode on afrofuturism but I found that this genre/aesthetic/artform can speak for itself so instead I'm going to link all my research sources and then make a pledge to ensure all <a href=\"https://twitter.com/FactandSciFi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@FactandScifi</a> eps from now on include black and non-black POC media rep. Afrofuturism, broadly defined, imagines a future, past or present of the African diaspora freed from colonialism (and from white people.) It's not just black characters in science fiction, it <em>centers</em> the black experience. It challenges western, white-centric ideas of sci-fi</p><p><br></p><h2>Films and educational podcasts about afrofuturism</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCalqwsicls&amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Space is the Place</a> by Sun Ra (available on Youtube) - part funk and experimental jazz music performance part scifi imagines a home for black people away from whites (note Sun Ra liberates black people in Oakland very much like Wakandans want to do in the Black Panther movie)</li><li>Learn the history of Afrofuturism in music and its connections to modern day hip-hop including Missy Elliot, Kendrick Lamar and OutKast in the pod <a href=\"https://podcastaddict.com/episode/79423715\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bottom of the Map: Culture in the Cosmos: AfroFuturism, Hip-Hop, and Black Joy</a></li><li>How did Black Panther (2019) open up Afrofuturism to the world? Listen to this <a href=\"https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/7/8/e/78ede8a41ab2338b/OurOpinionsAreCorrect_Ep38_06072019.mp3?c_id=48582836&amp;cs_id=48582836&amp;destination_id=674828&amp;expiration=1592232803&amp;hwt=623a422562336f249d5336b2e624ca95\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">interview with Shawn Taylor from Nerds of Color</a> as he explains Afrofuturism in academia, music, film and seminal books of the genre</li><li>Watch this <a href=\"https://vimeo.com/27576971\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">short film called Robots of Brixton</a> about a riot of underclass robots against their oppressors. This is the first time I can remember seeing robots that don't look like white people</li><li>How is Afrofuturism different from African science fiction? I can't speak to the quality of this podcast overall but this interview with <a href=\"https://t.co/Mc6yTgXPFG?amp=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Moradewun Adejunmobi about Afrofuturism</a> and what it signals about future expectations was fantastic.</li><li>Watch this <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb3pu5jXWHU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">short film called Afronauts</a>, an alternate history about the first African astronauts during the space race</li></ul><h2>Afrofuturism novels and anthologies</h2><ul><li>Kindred by Octavia Butler</li><li>Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond ed. by Bill Campbell and Edward Austin Hall</li><li>Shuri: The Search for Black Panther</li><li>War Girls by Tochi Onyebuch</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Fact & Science Fiction"}