Africanfuturism

English Etymology en Nnedi Okorafor science fiction and fantasy author 2019 1, from en African futurism. Noun - + en Africa scifi neologism An Afrocentric subgenre of science fiction that foregrounds familial, spiritual and historical connections among Black people, paying particular attention to African culture, history and mythology, and African perspectives, rather than those of the African diaspora in the western world. en Africanfuturism is similar to “Afrofuturism” in the way that blacks on the continent and in the Black Diaspora are all connected by blood, spirit, history and future. The difference is that Africanfuturism is specifically and more directly rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view as it then branches into the Black Diaspora, and it does not privilege or center the West. Nnedi Okorafor Africanfuturism Defined Nnedi's Wahala Zone Blog 2019 https://nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html https://web.archive.org/web/20261010013740/http://nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/africanfuturism-defined.html 10 October 2026 en Thompson’s Africanfuturism is both queer and decolonial at the same time, necessitating an approach to embodiment that does not look like white, Western performative queerness 321 Jenna N. Hanchey 'The self is embodied': Reading queer and trans Africanfuturism in The Wormwood Trilogy Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 14 4 2021 10.1080/17513057.2021.1931707 en Later this year, the highly anticipated sequel to Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, releases. This will likely mark another big surge in wider public excitement and shared fan art depicting elements of Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism. Alyssa Shotwell The Key Differences Between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism (With Examples!) The Mary Sue 2022 https://www.themarysue.com/difference-between-afrofuturism-africanfuturism/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260415132354/https://www.themarysue.com/difference-between-afrofuturism-africanfuturism/ 15 April 2026 See also en Afrofuturism en Africanjujuism