Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism : toward Afrocentric Futurism / edited by Aaron X. Smith ; foreword by Molefi Kete Asante.
| Other author | Smith, Aaron X., editor. |
| Other author | Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942- author of foreword. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2023] |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | xviii, 222 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword by Molefi Kete Asante -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: defining our future on our terms / Aaron X. Smith -- 1. Hantu from the oral-aesthetic perspective: AfroFuturism transcending the matrix space-time warp / M. Ndiika Mutere -- 2. Agency-producing intellectual systems in the digital age: resisting domination / Aaron X. Smith -- 3. Afrocentricity's AfroFuturism and the significance of asserting African agency in the pursuit of African future / Lehasa Moloi -- 4. Bury me in the ocean: Erik Killmonger and Black Nationalism / John P. Craig -- 5. Dirty computer: an Afrocentric analysis of Janelle Monáe's emotion picture / Alonge O. Clarkson -- 6. Message for the People Party: hip-hop and the motherland in the age of AfroFuturism / Kofi Kubatanna -- 7. AfroFuturism and African philosophy of time: analyzing AfroFuturism utilizing African cosmological paradigms / Taharka Adé -- 8. Afrocentricity's AfroFuturism and the count up to the future / Molefi Kete Asante -- 9. African diasporic consciousness: the historical and psychological impact of the Haitian Revolution -- Ifetayo M. Flannery -- Conclusion: From griots to ghettos to galaxies -- About the contributors -- About the editor -- Index. |
| Abstract | "In the twenty-first century, Afrofuturism-a historical and philosophical concept of the future imagined through a Black cultural lens-has been interpreted through a myriad of writers, artists, scientists, and other visionary creatives. In Afrocentricity in Afrofuturism: Toward Afrocentric Futurism, editor Aaron X. Smith curates a collection of interdisciplinary essays that critiques existing scholarship on Black futurity. In contrast to much previous work, these essays ground their explorations in African agency, centering the African within historical and cultural reality. Situating Afrocentricity as the field's foundational root and springboard for an expansive future, contributors detail potential new modes of existence and expression for African people throughout the diaspora. Divided into two parts-Representations and Transformations-this book examines the tensions created by historical and cultural dislocation of African peoples and consciousness. Contributors cover varied topics such as the intersections of culture and design; techno culture; neuroscience; and the multiplicity of African cultural influences in aesthetics, oratory, visual art, hip hop, and more. Essays range from theoretical analyses to close readings of history and popular culture, from the Haitian Revolution to Sun Ra, Janelle Mona̹e's Dirty Computer, and Black Panther. Afrocentricity in Afrofuturism offers an expansive vision of Afrofuturism and its ranging significance to contemporary culture and discourse"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Afrocentricity in afrofuturism Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2023 9781496847850 |
| Genre/form | Music. |
| LCCN | 2023031750 |
| ISBN | 9781496847843 |
| ISBN | 9781496847836 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1496847830 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1496847849 (trade paperback) |
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| ISBN | (pdf) |
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