Afrofuturism
The New 'Black Panther' Trailer Kicks Ass in an Afrofuturist Paradise
The first trailer follows the Marvel superhero's origin story and his fight for the throne.
Shabazz Palaces Are Ready to Take You to the Wildest Place in Space
Ishmael Butler discusses "expanding the now" on two new albums, 'Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines' and 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star.'
Philly Producers Moor Mother and Mental Jewelry Team Up on 'Crime Waves'
Stream the often dreamy, sometimes nightmarish new collaboration, out digitally and on vinyl June 16 via Don Giovanni.
Immersive Theater Show Takes Afrofuturism to Outer Space
An explorer living in an advanced civilization discovers a signal coming from an alien world in 'The Last Blues Song of a Lost Afronaut.' What she discovers is a a type of extraterrestrial she’s never come across before: a white woman.
Moor Mother Explains Black Quantum Futurism
The Philly artist explains how Afrofuturism can help you break free from the jail cell of linear time.
Meet Moor Mother, the Political Poet Spitting Blood With Her Synthesizers
We went to Philadelphia to spend a day with the industrial-noise rapper and producer giving voice to this generation's battle cry.
The Dopest Afrofuturist Looks at Afropunk 2016
Photographer Christelle de Castro captured the festival's forward-thinking crowd and asked a few people what Afrofuturism means to them.
Afrofuturist Museum Mines Artifacts from the Future
“So often black people are left out of design future thinking,” says Iyapo Repository's Salome Asega.
Afrofuturist Art Emerges in a Mystical New Music Video
Open your "envious eyes" to Garth von Glehn's music video for Ghanaian rapper M.anifest's "W'ani Aba."
Senegal's Ibaaku Is Bringing Afrofuturism To the Dance Floor
"Alien Cartoon" due out January 26 on Ghanaian label Akwaaba Music
"I Pretty Much Grew Up Going To Sun Ra's House": an Interview With Fhloston Paradigm
How Hyperdub's latest LP takes in Afrofuturism and 'The Fifth Element' to create something out of this world.