NM 346 - Afrofuturism: The Last Angel of History (4)

Exploration of Afrofuturism as a metaphor for the displacement of black culture and as a creative philosophy of resistance through the imagining of speculative futures and techno-narratives of freedom. Tracing lines between social reality and science fiction, the class will experience, discuss, and write through Afrofuturist media and concepts to study how they are effectively embodied and practiced by artists, authors, filmmakers, and musicians in the context of social change. This exploration will culminate in a semester research paper and presentation. Every year.