I generally define Afrofuturism as a way of imagining possible futures through a black cultural lens, says Ingrid LaFleur, an art curator and Afrofuturist. Both an artistic aesthetic and a framework for critical theory, Afrofuturism combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy, Afrocentricity, and magic realism with non-Western beliefs. Afrofuturism is an intersection of imagination, technology, the future, and liberation. Whether through literature, visual arts, music or grassroots organizing, Afrofuturism redefines culture and notions of blackness for today and the future. Ytasha Womack describes Afrofuturism as “ an intersection of imagination, technology, the future, and liberation. Afrofuturism is defined as “ speculative fiction that treats African American themes and addresses African American concerns in the context of 20th century technoculture - and more generally, African American signification that appropriates images of technology and a prosthetically enhanced future”ĭery notes that Afrofuturism gives rise to a troubling antinomy: Can a community whose past has been deliberately rubbed out, and whose energies have been subsequently consumed by the search for legible traces of its history imagine possible futures? (Dery, 1994) Afrofuturism was coined in a 1994 article entitled, “Black to the Future” by author, Mark Dery.
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