Thread by @ChellaRamanan

After my talk on #Afrofuturism #Blackpanther and black video game characters at #feralvector, lots of people asked me for resources and recommendations. Here's a thread...

My talk was based on this article I wrote for @guardian theguardian.com/games/2018/feb…

Octavia E Butler is a black, feminist writer who is associated with afrofuturism. She tackles slavery, power, gender and sexuality in her books. Her most famous work is Kindred. Also the Xenogenesis series
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The term afrofuturism was coined in the 90s by journalist Mark Dery in the essay Black to the Future
researchgate.net/publication/27…

Sun Ra was a key figure in afrofuturism, creating films, poetry and music. Check out his film Space is the Place - excerpt here

Here is the intro to afrofuturism by the writer I quoted in my talk Ytasha L Womack
wordery.com/afrofuturism-y…

And when somebody asked for authors, I forgot to say @Nnedi (Nnedi Okorafor), Nigerian-American writer. Try her Binti trilogy and follow her because she says lots of intelligent things.
foyles.co.uk/witem/fiction-…

Also follow @WritersofColour @galdemzine @Hardcore888 @afrotechfest @AfroFutures_UK @afropunk @DreadScottArt for black perspectives, art, writing and thoughts. And visit @newbeaconbooks - Britain's first black bookshop est. 1966, which does events and supports small publishers.

Obviously, if anyone has resources or people to follow, please add to this. I'm not the all-knowing on afrofuturism😄I hope the thread helps you find interesting things.

I'm going to keep adding to this thread. Here is a brilliant interview with @Hardcore888 on afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Arts Movement theblackscholar.org/on-black-panth…

Dear creators, game devs, writers - Please don't assume that in the future Africa gets worse, while the West gets better. #afrofuturism
okayafrica.com/this-is-what-l…