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Staff Picks
Afrofuturism: A Brief Exploration…
What is Afrofuturism?
Think literature, art, and film with a strong drive toward social justice and Black liberation through the lens of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and/or Magical Realism (all different sub-genres of Speculative Fiction). If you’re curious to learn more about any of those literary trends in particular, stay tuned for a future blog series coming this Spring. Your friendly Adult Services Librarian is currently developing a long-term plan for this new blog series.
Afrofuturist literature is highly innovative, politically-charged, and takes all the elements of the fantastical that could be dismissed as mere escapist “fantasies” to a much more grounded level. (Not that I have anything against fantasy that lacks a political charge or a commitment to social justice for marginalized communities. Escapism is totally valid. We live in a chaotic world from which we often want nothing more than to escape, even if the escape is only temporary and in our collective imaginations). Pardon my rant… 🙂 Read more….