#afrofutures

[charlottewithink]

Abdul Mati Klarwein was a French painter of German origin best known for his works used on the covers of music albums.

[sammyborras]

Giant Rhinos In Space #5 arrived from the printers today! The comic includes chapter 5 plus a gallery of illustrations in the back. I've made up bundles and everything is ready to launch at London MCM Comic Con this weekend! My table will be on row G of the Comic Village (there isn't a map just yet, but check my Twitter for directions nearer the day)

I keep an up to date list of events on the blog sidebar - but listings are already on my Etsy shop if you can't make it to those particular cities. (International shipping available)

Thank you to everyone at Afroflux Comic Con at Birmingham Hippodrome on Sunday. It was great to catch up with friends and meet some really lovely people!

[aleidawonder]

[livinginstitute]

Digital Imprint for New Colonialism

ORIGINAL

Dear Neith what do you make of this. I inmy human form have been connected to you by your neighbour Ghana, and have come as we enter an understanding of the plebian existence given to a people said to be ripe in compassion, opportunity and wealth. Such lies oare the foundations for the Dead those who seek to cross over into your lands those who live among the purge. Such liminal space betwen the realms may be as full as the spaces for the crime onto man. But where are the spaces for joy, retribution and spiirit. I bring these questions through the white woman as her exhile has fostered for us an understanding of deep loss for our brothers and sisters as we have joined them in the flight from europe. where am i in this erthly picture, from your view? As I channel my ancestors lifeblood in my new body, that survives past the many atrocities that have plagued the Youth of the Western Creator and Hercreation. Pleas show me who I am by spotlighting me in the photorealistic image of my life from your viewpoint.

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Dear Goddess Neith, What do you make of this? In my human form, I have been connected to you through your neighbour Ghana, and have succeeded as we enter an understanding of the plebian existence given to a people said to be ripe in compassion, opportunity and wealth. Such lies are the foundations for the Dead, those who seek to cross over into your lands, those who live among the purge; the liminal space between the realms, which are as full as the spaces for the crime against man.

In observing this I ask: Where are the spaces for joy, retribution and Spirit? I bring these questions through the white woman, as her exile has fostered for us an understanding of deep loss for our brothers and sisters as we have joined them in the flight from Europe. Where am I in this earthly picture, from your view? As I channel my ancestors' lifeblood in my new body, that survives past the many atrocities that have challenged the Youth of the Western Creator and Her creations. Please show me who I am by spotlighting me in the photorealistic image of my life from your viewpoint.

[thenerdsofcolor]

Hard NOC Life 343: Predicting 'AfroFutures' with Troy-Jeffrey Allen

With Dominic out this week, Keith welcomes Troy-Jeffrey Allen as a special co-host on Hard NOC Life. They discuss Troy’s latest project, AfroFutures, a 17+ magazine collecting comics and articles that fall under the wide umbrella of Black speculative fiction — from sci-fi and fantasy to action, drama, and…

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[boredomdlux]

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peepin' the interview on @revolttv 🖤 rn.

(((will post proof here l8r ✌🏽🫶🏽🖖🏽)))

[boredomdlux]

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[profkew]

"In Afrotopia: The Roots of African American Popular History, Wilson Jeremiah Moses reminds us that Black Americans began dreaming of Africa the moment they (we) were taken from it.48 This fantastic longing for a lost African homeland is traceable to enslave- ment. The Africa that Black creatives are searching so desperately for is not the African continent that exists now. The longing is for the precolonial, medieval and early modern African kingdoms and villages from which our ancestors were stolen. The imagined glory of the kingdoms of the Nile, and the grandeur of the medieval Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires is akin to white Western imaginings of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and feudal Europe.

Dreaming of Afrofutures is a complicated, fraught, many-storied matter. Black speculation is not limited to “we were kings and queens in Africa.” For all our culture’s hypervisibility, the true heart of Black American storied imagination is nearly invisible to the rest of the world. Afrofuturism has recently penetrated the popular consciousness, but Black fantasy (“sword and soul”), Black steampunk (“steamfunk”), Black Comix, and other independent spec fic genres simply do not exist in these conversations...

In the rush to characterize the Black American imagination as a tool of capitalism and imperialism, their work is rarely discussed or considered, nor are the lack of adaptations of it. As we continue to search for the substance of Black (fantastic) imagination, I believe that we have much to learn from Black storytellers of all ages, as well as fandom and youth digital culture. At the same time, it is vital for creatives and critics alike to take critiques of the field. How might we exist in solidarity and amity with others of African descent, and those oppressed around the world, through the shared enterprise of dreaming of better futures?" ~Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, "We Have Always Dreamed of (Afro)Futures: The Brownies' Book and the Black Fantastic Storytelling Tradition" in The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth