| Other author/creator | Strait, Kevin Michael Angelo, editor, writer of introduction. |
| Other author/creator | Conwill, Kinshasha, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Young, Kevin, 1970- writer of foreword. |
| Other author/creator | Anderson, Reynaldo, 1964- writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Barber, Tiffany E., writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Boyd, Herb, 1938- writero of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Curtis, Ariana, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Ewing, Eve L., writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Fleming, Tuliza K., writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Hendryx, Nona, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Jemisin, N. K., writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Jennings, John, 1970- writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Lewis, Steven, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Neal, Mark Anthony, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Nelson, Alondra, writer of afterword. |
| Other author/creator | Nichols, De, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Nichols, Elaine, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Pretzer, William S., writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Reid, Vernon, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Shindell, Matthew, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Tate, Angela, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Wilkinson, Michelle, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Womack, Ytasha, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | Wormsley, Alisha B., writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Other author/creator | National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), issuing body. |
| Cover title |
Afro futurism : a history of Black futures |
| Portion of title |
History of Black futures |
| 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. |
| Abstract |
"This timely and gorgeously illustrated companion book to an exciting Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures. Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures explores the evolving and exhilarating concept of Afrofuturism, a lens used to imagine a more empowering future for the Black community through music, art, and speculative fiction. Sumptuous, beautifully designed spreads feature 100 gorgeous illustrations of objects and images that reflect Black identity, agency, creativity, and hope, including: T'Challa's suit from Black Panther, Octavia Butler's typewriter, Uhura's outfit from Star Trek, Sun Ra's space harp, costumes from Broadway's The Wiz, handwritten lyrics by Jimi Hendrix, and Janelle Monae's ArchAndroid dress. Afrofuturism offers a framework of radical potential to envision Black liberation and alternatives to oppressive structures like white supremacy. Afrofuturism comes at a time of increasing visibility for the concept, both in scholarship and in pop culture, and is a compelling ode to the revolutionary power of Black imagination."-- Provided by publisher. |
| General 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. |
| Genre/form | Exhibition catalogs. |
| ISBN | 9781588347718 (trade paperback) |
| ISBN | 1588347710 (trade paperback) |
