Afrofuturism: From Slaveships to Starships with Ajani Brown & Shophar

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Ajani Brown is a professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University where he earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. He proposed and developed the AfroFuturism curriculum for the university. He is a comic book studies scholar and has been on a continuous lecture tour since 2014 speaking at globally recognized conferences such as Comic Con International and The World Science Fiction Convention. Additionally, he has a published essay appearing in the WisCon Chronicles #10 Social Justice (Redux) anthology on the topic of female protagonists in science fiction comics, from the Golden Age of Comics (1938-1950). Still further, Brown's debut science fiction short story, "Providence," will appear in the Unveiling Visions: The Alchemy of the Black Imagination anthology due for release Fall 2016. Afrofuturism is the philosophical and artistic expression of alternative realities relating to people of African decent. Afrofuturist theory seeks to insert Africana culture into conversations of humanity's place in the future, how the past is inherently linked to those conversations in ways that may not be familiar to western culture. Afrofuturism discusses historical origins, the re-imaging of identity, the portrayal of people of color in comics and uses science fiction to encourage social justice dialogue. africana.sdsu.edu/our-faculty/brown @iamajanibrown foshoenergywork.com opening music: vanark.bandcamp.com/track/2-late-night-lights arkteknologies.wordpress.com/