From Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time to Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu, Afrofuturism is gaining popularity. Filmmaker and author Ytasha Womack more defines Afrofuturism as "the intersection between black culture, technology, liberation and the imagination, with some mysticism thrown in, too,"

On this episode of Making Contact, authors Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, and Jewelle Gomez discuss the role of history and politics in their work. They also talk about the monsters that haunt their stories and the importance of imaging the future.

Special thanks to the San Francisco Public Library for recording. Thanks for music from Anitek.

Featuring

Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, and Jewelle Gomez, Authors; John Jennings, Panel Host

More Information:

Jewelle Gomez http://www.jewellegomez.com/bio.html [1]

Nalo Hopkinson http://nalohopkinson.com/index.html [2]

Nnedi Okorafor, http://nnedi.com/ [3]

https://www.dclibrary.org/node/57845 [4]

What The Heck Is Afrofuturism?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-broadnax-afrofuturism-black-panther_us_5a85f1b9e4b004fc31903b95 [5]

 

[1] http://www.jewellegomez.com/bio.html

[2] http://nalohopkinson.com/index.html

[3] http://nnedi.com/

[4] https://www.dclibrary.org/node/57845

[5] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-broadnax-afrofuturism-black-panther_us_5a85f1b9e4b004fc31903b95