Afrofuturism Basics
Who coined the term “Afrofuturism” in 1993?
Mark Dery
What fictional country in Black Panther is an example of Afrofuturism?
Wakanda
Name one musician associated with early Afrofuturism.
Sun Ra, Janelle Monáe, Erykah Badu
Which theorist discusses “posthuman Black identity” and liminality?
Kristen Lillvis
What two elements must Afrofuturism combine to qualify as such?
Technology and Black cultural identity
What “smartest person in the Marvel universe” is a tech genius in Black Panther?
Shuri
Janelle Monáe’s android persona is named…?
Cindi Mayweather
In Lillvis’ view, Afrofuturism blurs what?
Past, present, and future (time)
This term refers to the blending of past, present, and future in the Black experience.
What is liminality
What kind of cultural aesthetics influenced the design of Wakanda?
Afrofuturistic architecture and African regalia
Gayl Jones’ novel explores generational pain and uses this musical genre as a healing space.
Blues Music
Monáe’s barcode symbolizes what dual concept?
Memory of enslavement + future freedom
Name one medium (besides film) where Afrofuturism thrives.
Music, literature, visual art
What type of creative team was responsible for writing, producing, and designing Black Panther?
A predominantly Black creative team (writer, director, production designers)
Which Afrofuturist musician mixed space, jazz, and myth?
Sun Ra
Afrofuturism helps rework what kind of trauma?
Historical or generational trauma