This book expands the discourse as well as the nature of
critical commentary on science fiction, speculative fiction and
futurism a " literary and cinematic by Black writers. The range of
topics include the following: black superheroes; issues and themes
in selected works by Octavia Butler; selected work of Nalo
Hopkinson; the utopian and dystopian impulse in the work of W.E. B.
Du Bois and George Schuyler; Derrick Bella (TM)s Space Traders; the
Star Trek Franchise; female protagonists through the lens of race
and gender in the Alien and Predator film franchises; science
fiction in the Caribbean Diaspora; commentary on select African
films regarding near-future narratives; as well as a science
fiction/speculative literature writera (TM)s discussion of why she
writes and how. This book was published as a special issue of
African Identities: An International Journal.
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