WHAT IS AFROFUTURISM: MOONDANCE, A NIGHT IN THE AFROFUTURE | Sunday Sessions

What is Afrofuturism?

Afrofuturism is an emergent literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, Afrocentricity, and magic realism with non-Western cosmologies in order to critique not only the present-day dilemmas of people of color, but also to revise, interrogate, and re-examine the historical events of the past. Afrofuturism addresses themes and concerns of the African Diaspora through a technoculture and science fiction
lens, encompassing a range of mediums and artists with a shared
interest in envisioning black futures that stem from Afrodiasporic
experiences.

Afrofuturism movement was birth from the Black Arts Movement (BAM) and the Hip Hop movement. The Black Arts Movement and Hip Hop are arts forms that spoke about the injustices and poverty of America that was and is still happening in the African American community.