This book investigates how African authors and artists have
explored themes of the future and technology within their works.
Afrofuturism was coined in the 1990s as a means of exploring the
intersection of African diaspora culture with technology, science
and science fiction. However, this book argues that literature and
other arts within Africa have always reflected on themes of
futurism, across diverse forms of speculative writing (including
science fiction), images, spirituality, myth, magical realism, the
supernatural, performance and other forms of oral resources. This
book reflects on themes of African futurism across a range of
literary and artistic works, also investigating how problems such
as racism, sexism, social injustice and postcolonialism are
reflected in these narratives. Chapters cover authors, artists,
movements and performers such Wole Soyinka, Ben Okri, Ngugi wa
Thiong'o, Elechi Amadi, Mazisi Kunene, Nnedi Okorafor, Lauren
Beukes, Leslie Nneka Arimah and the New African Movement. The book
also includes a range of original interviews with prominent authors
and artists, including Tanure Ojaide, Lauren Beukes, Patricia
Jabbeh Wesley, Benjamin Kwakye, Ntongela Masilela and Bruce
Onobrakpeya. Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book will be
an important resource for researchers across the fields of African
literature, philosophy, culture and politics.
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