Afrofuturist literature includes speculative works with African-American themes.[1] Although the term became common in the 1990s, some scholars apply the genre to works that were written earlier, such as W. E. B. Du Bois's Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil (1920) and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (1952).[2] While Afrofuturism is most commonly associated with science fiction, it can also encompass other speculative genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and magic realism.[3] Although the term, Afrofuturist, has been applied broadly to works by authors from Africa and the African diaspora, some African authors have rejected the term and prefer Africanfuturism as a description of their work.[4]

List of Afrofuturist literature

Author(s)/Editor(s) Year Title
Brissett, Jennifer Marie 2014 Elysium, Or, The World After[5]
Butler, Octavia 1979 Kindred
Du Bois, W. E. B. 1920 Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil[6]
Ellison, Ralph 1952 Invisible Man
Hopkinson, Nalo 1998 Brown Girl in the Ring[7]
Jemisin, N.K. 2015 The Fifth Season
Jennings, John; Robinson, Stacey 2013 Black Kirby: In Search Of: The Motherboxx Connection[8]
Due, Tananarive 1997 My Soul to Keep[9]
Farmer, Nancy 1994 The Ear, the Eye and the Arm[10]
Wilson, Kai Ashante 2015 The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
James, Marlon 2019 Black Leopard, Red Wolf[11]
Schuyler, George 1931 Black No More
Adeyemi, Tomi 2018 Children of Blood and Bone[12]
Tutuola, Amos 1952 The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Callender, Kacen 2019 Queen of the Conquered[13]
Johnson, Mat 2011 Pym[14]
Okri, Ben 1991 The Famished Road
Deonn, Tracy 2020 Legendborn
Whitehead, Colson 2011 Zone One[15]
Bayron, Kalynn 2020 Cinderella is Dead
Ifueko, Jordan 2020 Raybearer[10]
Monáe, Janelle 2022 The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer[16]
Clarke, Matthew; Lynch, Nigel 2021 Hardears[17][1]
Fielder, Tim 2021 Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale[18][19]
Campbell, Bill; Hall, Edward Austin 2013 Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond[20]
Olayiwola, Porsha 2019 i shimmer sometimes, too[21]
Ashante Wilson, Kai 2015 The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
Reed, Ishmael 1972 Mumbo Jumbo[22][23]
Lord, Karen 2014 The Galaxy Game[24]
Roye Okupe 2015 E.X.O.: The Legend of Wale WIlliams[25]
Johnson, Dawn Alaya 2020 Trouble The Saints [26]
Kwame, Mbalia 2019 Tristian Strong Punches a Hole in the sky [27]
Kwame, Mbalia 2020 Tristian Strong Destroys the World [28]
Banks, Leslie 2003 The Vampire Huntress Legend Series: Minion[29]
Mbalia, Kwame 2019 Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky[30]

References

  1. 1 2 Bould, Mark (2007). "The Ships Landed Long Ago: Afrofuturism and Black SF". Science Fiction Studies. 34 (2): 177–186. ISSN 0091-7729. JSTOR 4241520.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Sheree R. (2014-12-02). Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4555-3415-9.
  3. ↑ "afrofuturism is the sh*t: a brief history and five books to get you started". AFROPUNK. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  4. ↑ "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  5. ↑ "Afrofuturism beginner's reading list: Octavia E. Butler, N.K. Jemisin, Janelle Monáe, more". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  6. ↑ Cheatam, Safiyah (2020-07-31). "Making a Case for W.E.B. Du Bois as a Proto Afrofuturist". The Drinking Gourd. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  7. ↑ "Narrative Muse | Brown Girl in the Ring | Book". Narrative Muse. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  8. ↑ Jennings, John; Robinson, Stacey (2013). Black Kirby. Buffalo, NY: Black Kirby Collective in association with Eye Trauma Studio/ J2D2/ URBAN KREEP ENTERPRISES and Trimekka Studios.
  9. ↑ Sanchez-Taylor, Joy (2020-03-22). "Alternative Futurisms: Tananarive Due's African Immortal Series". Extrapolation. 61 (1): 91–109.
  10. 1 2 "Afrofuturism Fiction Suggestions for Kids, Teens & Adults". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  11. ↑ Power, Ed. "Book Review: Black Leopard, Red Wolf". Hotpress. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  12. ↑ II, Vann R. Newkirk (2018-03-06). "Where Fantasy Meets Black Lives Matter". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  13. ↑ "Explore Afrofuturism, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy". Carmel Clay Public Library. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  14. ↑ "An Afro Futurism book - Extreme Reader 2021". Tacoma Public Library. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  15. ↑ "Afrofuturism beginner's reading list: Octavia E. Butler, N.K. Jemisin, Janelle Monáe, more". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  16. ↑ Kearse, Stephen (2022-04-19). "Janelle Monáe's Queer, Afrofuturist Literary Debut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  17. ↑ Lynch, Clarke, Matthew & Nigel. "Hardears". Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ "Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale: Illustrator-Author Tim Fielder Looks to the Future With a Modern Epic". The Root. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  19. ↑ Fielder, Tim (2021-01-19). Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-306788-2.
  20. ↑ Campbell, Bill; Hall, Edward Austin (2013). Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond. Rosarium Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9891411-4-7.
  21. ↑ Olayiwola, Porsha (2019). i shimmer sometimes, too. Button Poetry. ISBN 978-1-9437354-5-7.
  22. ↑ Kim, Myungsung (2018). "The Grapevine Telegraph "Jes Grew": Sonic Materialism, Afrofuturism and Information Theory in Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo". TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. 39: 89–109. ISSN 1916-0194.
  23. ↑ Reed, Ishmael (2013-01-29). Mumbo Jumbo. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-4532-8797-2.
  24. ↑ "Must-Read Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism Books | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  25. ↑ Ito, Robert (2021-02-07). "Beyond 'Black Panther': Afrofuturism Is Booming in Comics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  26. ↑ "Finding Room for Black Hope, Black Justice, and Black Love in Noir Fiction". CrimeReads. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  27. ↑ Stephens, John (2019-10-23). "A Debut Fantasy Novel Summons the Power of African Myths". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  28. ↑ "Review: Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia". Bayley Reads Books. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  29. ↑ "Afrofuturism Fiction Suggestions for Kids, Teens & Adults". New York Public Library. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  30. ↑ "Traversing the Gaps: An Afrofuturist Approach to Social Change Through Dreaming in Science Fiction and STEM/Computer Science Education * Journal of Futures Studies". Journal of Futures Studies. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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