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Afrofuturism : a history of Black futures
- Title
- Afrofuturism : a history of Black futures / edited by Kevin M. Strait, Kinshasha Holman Conwill ; foreword by Kevin Young ; contributions by Reynaldo Anderson [and 20 others] ; in association with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2023]
- ©2023
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- Description
- 216 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- "This illustrated companion book to an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures"--
- Alternative Title
- History of Black futures
- Afro futurism
- Subject
- Note
- Published as a companion volume to the exhibition of the same name at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, from March 24, 2023 to March 24, 2024. -- From museum's website.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Kevin Young -- Introduction / Kevin M. Strait -- Afrofuturism as space and being / Ytasha L. Womack -- Interstellar / Tiffany E. Barber -- Black women change the face of spaceflight / Matthew Shindell -- I came to Africa on a spaceship / Ytasha L. Womack -- Notes from the cosmic underground: a history of the Afrofuturist movement and the changing world order / Reynaldo Anderson -- We are the stars: Black speculative narratives and the history of the future / John Jennings -- W.E.B. Du Bois: documenting the present, reinterpreting the past, and imagining the future / William S. Pretzer -- There's a reason / N. K. Jemisin -- Dialogues in space: Octavia Butler and Samuel Delany / Herb Boyd -- Black Panther: an escape to Utopia / Herb Boyd -- Black joy as resistance / Ariana Curtis -- Dreams rush to meet me: Afrofuturist looks and looking / Eve L. Ewing -- Transforming the future through dress, fashion, and costume / Elaine Nichols -- Afrofuturistic art / Tuliza Fleming -- Rendering Black futures / Michelle Joan Wilkinson -- On the third great day: Black artistry, activism, and community in the web3 future / De Nichols -- Just look over your shoulder: the music of Afrofuturism / Mark Anthony Neal -- The Nubians of Plutonia: ancient futures in the music of Sun Ra / Steven Lewis -- Afrofuturism: a design for living / Nona Hendryx -- The gendered contours of Afrofuturism / Angela Tate -- Sonic spaces: excerpts from an interview with Vernon Reid -- Afterword / Alondra Nelson.
- Call Number
- CB235
- ISBN
- 9781588347404
- 1588347400
- LCCN
- 2022058854
- 40031738473
- OCLC
- on1333920149
- 1333920149
- SCSB-14540901
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries