Black panther brings afrofuturism into the mainstream. Tracks from philou louzolo, wendel sield and mehmet aslan. Banoffee pies records launches its first white label to date, and its a threepronged collaboration by new and exciting faces in the scene. View afrofuturism and science fiction research papers on academia. She shared a crash course in the history of black science fiction that provides a decadebydecade outline of black science fiction and fantasy novels. Afrofuturism fikayo adeola, founder of animation company kugali, said. Philou is an artist hailing for his audience to perceive. Introduction this article deals with the connection of race and science fiction. First up is philou louzolo and his excellent afrofuturism dance, a solid house jerker with lively tribal influences, folloed siftly by wendel sield and his moodier, jazzier piece entitled history of black people. Afrofuturism is an emergent literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, afrocentricity, and magic realism with nonwestern cosmologies in order to critique not only the presentday dilemmas of people of color, but also to revise, interrogate, and reexamine the historical events of the. This crash course in the history of black science fiction. In dutch i enjoy being booked by promotors for african music but end up playing techno and still call it african music had a chat about. Franklins work features mixedmedia collages that add a new texture to. Afrofuturism offers us a way out through the black imagination.
Bennett spoke about how the three most important writings to him coming up were comic books, the bible and the writings of. Philou louzolo shinobi of wokoundou 12 bordello a parigi. Philou louzolo alkebulan republic lumberjacks in hell. Afrofuturism has existed since the first enslaved africans sang spirituals imagining a better future existence in heaven. Binti by nnedi okorafor, home by nnedi okorafor, the night masquerade by nnedi okorafor, who fears death by nnedi okorafor. Npr musics favorite electronic dance tracks of 2015 our twohour mix featuring more than two dozen of the years best dance tracks. In particular, i want to concentrate on afrofuturism the connection of the afrodiasporic races and science fiction. Npr musics favorite dance tracks from november 2015. All songs considered hear a mix of the months best electronic tunes, including new. The release of black panther is a major cultural moment a film that places a black superhero front and centre of the marvel cinematic universe, features a black director in. Dery coined the term afrofuturism to describe the work of artists who used the tools of science fiction to imagine possible futures. Afrofuturism was a tool that they could use to imagine a better future.
Philou louzolo is a dj and producer hailing for his audience to perceive traditional african music within the realm of a more obscure, sci and techno. In 1773, poet phillis wheatley, an enslaved woman, wrote about traveling in space in her poem. Philou louzolo afrofuturism movement banoffee pies bandcamp. Wokoundou is an electronic music label rooted in afrofuturism and scifi, raised by philou louzolo.