“Oya: The Coming of the Orishas”
Watch Nigerian writer and director Nosa Igbinedion’s Oya: The Coming Of The Orishas here.
“Four Continental Black Afrikan Speculative Fiction Artists”
Chronicles of Harriet profiles Black African artists who work in speculative fiction: Loyiso Mkizse; Tobe “Max Spectre” Ezeogu; Setor Fiadzigbey; and the artist of Kiro’o Games.
Black Victoriana
A gallery of photographs of people of African descent from the Victorian era. (Via Kit Marlowe)
“You Don’t Have To Be Eurocentric To Make It To The Future”
“’You don’t have to be Eurocentric to make it to the future,’ said Andrea Hairston, a professor of theater and Afro-American studies at Smith College in Massachusetts, whose side gig happens to be writing award-winning science fiction. ‘We have to figure out how to be different together. [And […]
African Fractals
Ethno-Mathematician Ron Eglash gives a TED talk on fractals in African design.
Nettrice Gaskins Explores AfroFuturism In Virtual Worlds
At IAfroFuturism, Ytasha interviews Nettrice Gaskins about AfroFuturism, art, math, science and virtual worlds. “I had to figure out how to immerse those who weren’t familiar with Afrofuturism using the virtual space. I wanted the avatars in the space to have an experience. I put up a gallery […]
The Cultural Gutter 