This is Afrofuturism

Writers in the field of futurism, or scifi or fantasy. Film producers that put a new world on the screen. Artists that delve into their past and their cultural past and project their fantasies in the future. Art is on the move, fast forward. In this article you will some highlights of this movement to the future.Clockwise from top left: Sanford Bigger's "Bam"; a bodypainting work by Laolu Senbanjo; the cover of Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death; Janelle Monae's album The ArchAndroid; poster from Black Panther; Awol Erizku’s "Girl With A Bamboo Earring".

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I enjoy reading about Africa. New books. Old books. By African writers. By non-African writers. Novel. History. Travel. Biographies. Autobiographies. Politics. Colonialism. Poetry.

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