Africanfuturism
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Africanfuturism is a subgenre of speculative fiction that centers African cultures, histories, and perspectives in futuristic or science-fictional settings, often emphasizing African agency, technology, and cosmologies over Western frameworks.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary subgenre
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science fiction subgenre ⓘ speculative fiction subgenre ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge stereotypes about Africa
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imagine liberatory African futures ⓘ recenter Africa in global speculative narratives ⓘ |
| centers |
African continent
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African diasporic connections to Africa ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Western-centric science fiction ⓘ |
| critiques |
Eurocentric futurism
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colonial narratives about Africa ⓘ |
| differsFrom | Afrofuturism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
African agency
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African cosmologies ⓘ African technologies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African cultures
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African histories ⓘ African perspectives ⓘ |
| medium |
comics
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digital media ⓘ film ⓘ literature ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| narrativeMode |
alternative histories
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projected futures ⓘ speculative storytelling ⓘ |
| oftenFeatures |
African political contexts
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African protagonists ⓘ African settings ⓘ African social realities ⓘ African technological innovation ⓘ |
| oftenIncorporates |
African languages
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African mythologies NERFINISHED ⓘ African philosophies ⓘ African spiritual systems ⓘ indigenous African knowledge systems ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Afrofuturism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType |
futuristic settings
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science-fictional settings ⓘ |
| subgenreOf |
science fiction
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speculative fiction ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
African-centered worldbuilding
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decolonization of the future ⓘ postcolonial African realities ⓘ reimagining African futures ⓘ technological self-determination ⓘ |
| values |
community-centered futures
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environmental interconnectedness ⓘ local African epistemologies ⓘ |
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