The future is a contested terrain and one that has in recent years
been debated, theorized and imaginatively constructed with an
unprecedented, albeit unsurprising, sense of urgency. The recent
Afrofuturist imaginary is an increasingly noticeable field in these
debates and manifestations, requesting as it does the envisioning
of a future through an artistic, scientific and technological
African or Black lens. Afrofuturism is not a new term, but it seems
to have broadened and developed in different directions. The recent
Afrofuturist engagements, which oscillate between narratives of
empowerment and tech-wise superheroes on the one hand and dystopian
agendas on the other, raise questions about earlier futurist
accounts, about historical Black visions of the future that precede
the establishment even of the term "Afrofuturism". This volume
contextualizes Afrofuturism's diverse approaches in the past and
present through investigations into overlapping horizons between
Afrofuturist agendas and other intellectual and/or artistic
movements (e.g., Pan-Africanism, debates about Civil Rights,
decolonial debates and transcultural modernisms), as well as
through explorations of Afrofuturist approaches in the 21st century
across media cultures and in a transcultural perspective. This book
was originally published as a special issue of the journal Critical
Studies in Media Communication.
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