Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been called a movement, a genre, a cultural aesthetic. Afrofuturism is all of those, but it's also more than a promise that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black hair is reaching new heights — both literally and figuratively. Whether wire-wrapped braids bent into striking shapes or ...

The creative minds behind Into the Mother Lands are deeply inspired by afrofuturism. “The literal term Afrofuturism was coined by Mark Dery in 1993 and the term was popularized further in an article ...

The exhibit “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2023. It is perhaps only natural, as hip-hop ...

If you’ve been following Queen Bey, you know she is making history with her use of Afrofuturism—and she’s not the only artist exploring this idea or infusing it into current culture. But what exactly ...

There’s a secret at the heart of Marvel’s superhero adventure “Black Panther”: the African nation of Wakanda, bursting with advanced technology and hidden from the world. Afrofuturist icon Janelle ...

When Marvel announced the Black Panther film slated for a 2018 release, with Chadwick Boseman playing the titular character, a lot of fans lost their cool. Black Panther, an Avengers alum since 1967, ...

Given the frequency with which we see black people in the United States being killed or attacked by police for protesting, it’s no surprise that a packed house turned out on Thursday night at Civic ...

Jamila Woods explains her fascination with Afrofuturism to Victoria Parkey and how it fits into the celebration of blackness, of women, and of Chicago that sits at the heart of her debut album. On ...

Afrofuturism is a term to describe a growing movement of Black art, music, dance and film. Afrofuturism is a term to describe a growing movement of Black art, music, dance and film. Afrofuturism is a ...

It has been called a movement, a genre, a cultural aesthetic. Afrofuturism is all of those, but it's also more than a promise that Black people exist in the future. It's more complex than taking ...