Afrofuturism

Afrofuturism is a term that Mark Dery coined in his 1995 essay “Black to the Future” to describe an aesthetic he traced through works of black American writers, musicians, and artists. A blend of science fiction, African iconography, technology, and fantasy, Afrofuturism allowed a place for blacks both in history, not merely myth, and in a “high tech” future in which they were largely absent. Afro-futurists freed blacks from a past that was either unknowable or tragic while envisioning a future that could hold promise rather than peril.”