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Saturday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

October 21, 2017 by Miranda 238 Comments

Good Morning POU! Today we feature two pioneers of Afrofuturism: Grace Jones and the group LaBelle. Grace Jones embodies a “post-human” identity and space in which she pushes beyond the “human” and transforms herself into a post-human or transhuman identity. This can also be exemplified in her affectless object-machine aesthetic or the idea that she is robotic and … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

Friday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

October 20, 2017 by Miranda 264 Comments

Good Morning POU! THE JOURNEY TO WAKANDA: AFROFUTURISM AND BLACK PANTHER (reprinted from Comics Alliance) When Marvel announced the Black Panther film slated for a 2018 release, with Chadwick Boseman playing the titular character, a lot of fans lost their cool. Black Panther, an Avengers alum since 1967, represents more than the Marvel Studios movie machine’s first foray … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

Thursday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

October 19, 2017 by Miranda 283 Comments

Good Morning POU! We continue looking at Afrofuturists and their impact on our culture. Today, we look at one of the most prolific and well-known authors of Afrofuturism - the one and only Octavia Butler. Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer. A multiple recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, in 1995 she … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

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Wednesday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

October 18, 2017 by Miranda 258 Comments

Good Morning POU! We continue looking at the fascinating genre of afrofuturism within current musicians and artists. 'Slavery stripped blacks of almost every possible form of identity. National, familial, religious, and tribal identity was completely wiped due to the slave trade. At that point, what history do you have left? Not much of one, right?' Where do you go when … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

Tuesday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

October 17, 2017 by Miranda 270 Comments

Good Morning POU! The Afrofuturist approach to music was first propounded by Sun Ra. Born in Alabama, Sun Ra's music coalesced in Chicago in the mid-1950s, when together with The Arkestra he began recording music that drew from hard bop and modal sources, but created a new synthesis, which also used Afrocentric and space-themed titles to reflect Ra's linkage of ancient … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black To The Future – Afrofuturism

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