Imagining a Better World: Black Futurity in Contemporary Afrofuturism and Speculative Fiction

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Imagining a Better World: Black Futurity in Contemporary Afrofuturism and Speculative Fiction

Originally coined in the 1990s, the term Afrofuturism has become a prominent part of popular culture and has helped to address the absence of Black people and cultures from speculations about the future. Many texts have been labelled as examples of Afrofuturism by critics, scholars and fans, though...

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Main Author:	Dyer-Johnson, Omara Samirah
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2022
Subjects:	Afrofuturism science fiction Black American authors African American authors
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/69151/

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