Octavia Butler books: Kindred Fledgling Nnedi Okorafor books: Who fears death Akata Witch Binti Lagoon N.K. Jemisin books: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate The Stone Sky Nalo Hopkinson books: The Salt Roads Midnight Robber Afro-themed fantasy: Children of Blood and Bone (Tomi Adeyemi) Daughters of Nri (Reni K. Amayo) Kingdom of Souls (Rena Barron) Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James) Tales of Esowon: The Kishi (Antointe Bandele) Black Sands The Seven Kingdoms (Manuel Godoy) Malika: Warrior Queen (Roye Okupe) War girls, Beasts Made of Night, Crown of Thunder, Rebel Sisters (Tochi Onyebuchi) Beloved, Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
@cynthiaverjovskymarcotte13794 жыл бұрын
@@daveroberts5020 thanks
@KynElwynn4 жыл бұрын
Dave Roberts Commenting here to find this post later
@craigdeakin26414 жыл бұрын
@Karen Maynard Plus Monica Rambeau (the second Captain Marvel) and Blade.
@rogersnick174 жыл бұрын
@Karen Maynard You're a Queen 👑! Thank you so much!
@margaret_adelle4 жыл бұрын
I adore sci-fi, but traditionally Western sci-fi holds this strangely backward view wherein "culture" is this thing to be outgrown and homogeneity is something to aspire to. What I love about Afro-futurism is that it is a subgenre where sci-fi meets a love of culture.
@eduardo221219994 жыл бұрын
I think that whether or not we should strive towards one main culture for humanity, or if we should try to maintain all the different cultures in the world is a difficult question. It's not crazy to think that if everyone spoke the same language and had the same culture there would be less conflict in the world. I think that since white people haven't had to suppress their culture in modern history, it's easier for white writers to imagine futures where cultural conflict doesn't exist because they are either oblivious to it, or feel less attached to a culture they haven't really had to defend.
@SecretConceit4 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@margaret_adelle4 жыл бұрын
@@eduardo22121999 I doubt speaking the same language would help erase all conflict, seeing as civil wars are things that exist and people once killed each other cuz they were all slightly different versions of the same religion. But I will agree that it's definitely difficult for white people to see culture as important because many see whitness as a kind of "default human" and culture as some kind of extra add-on.
@johnsinclair46214 жыл бұрын
@@margaret_adelle I don't think that this tendency to view one's own culture as the default and everything else as an anomaly is exclusive to western cultures or "white people". For example there is so much chinese, Latin american, indian and nigerian comedy and/or movies out there where the joke is essentially "look how weird the others are".
@johnsinclair46214 жыл бұрын
And that cultural diversity is dying is not in itself a bad thing. It's only bad because the thing the individual cultures get replaced with, i. e. global capitalism, is soul crushingly dumb and mundane. But I still think that a global culture of democracy and human rights, where every individual is of equal worth and is not pressured into conforming to traditional roles, be they gender of whatever, is ultimately a good thing. And wanting this means the death or the alteration beyond recognition of most of the cultures around the world, including my own, and I am totally fine with that.
@Gethazzor34 жыл бұрын
Any reference to Janelle Monae's genius gets a thumbs up from me
@lucarubinstein39074 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about Nnedi Okorafor's dislike for being called an Afrofuturist. I see her recommended a lot when people talk about Afrofuturist works, and her writing is fantastic, but she is very firm on writing from an African lens, not a diaspora one. I'm really glad you acknowledged that :)
@alexricky874 жыл бұрын
It's interesting that Missy Elliot and Timbaland didn't get a mention. Their music has a futuristic sound that is still fresh and hasn't been matched. I still like the vid, I learned a lot.
@petersmall15744 жыл бұрын
The DUST science fiction channel on You Tube has a series of videos about Afrofuturism in music which includes a presentation on both of those artists.
@toyaJM4 жыл бұрын
Also Andre3000 (who put Janelle Monae on his record label at the beginning of her career) and CeLo Green.
@denzeltaylor93363 жыл бұрын
I think this video is seeking to emphasize creatives and essayists of afrofuturiam in its earliest stages to make clear that the genre has been discussed before contemporary and mainstream uses. And it's a 10 min video. It's not going to list every single artist of the style. Rather, it noted currently relevant and accomplished examples to represent all artists.
@davyjoneslocker16413 жыл бұрын
I think I saw a picture of Sun Ra in there, but other than Black Panther the video is really about books. Otherwise, the truly glaring omission is Parliament Funkadelic.
@peterknutsen30703 жыл бұрын
But is there any actual science fiction in their music?
@theresebrandser4 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 60s, attending an all-white school, in an all white neighborhood, the all white Jetsons didn’t feel weird. Now it does. I think it reflected the cloistered white neighborhoods of the time. Thank God for diversity awareness. It enriches our lives.
@anonb46324 жыл бұрын
How does it "enrich" your life? I've always been aware of people of other appearances.
@stefan10244 жыл бұрын
@@anonb4632 Good for you! *oprah handshakes*
@ECL28E4 жыл бұрын
I mean, we know why there weren't any brown-skinned people in the Jetsons... business-wise. Hell, Charles Schultz was lambasted in the south for wanting to publish a comic-strip with Franklin (The token black character of the Peanuts)
@phastinemoon4 жыл бұрын
I did notice some characters of color in the Hunger Games - Rue and Thresh, in book one, and some hints that the Everdeens should have been at least Mediterranean-ish featured. The movies made Katniss and Prim white, but at least in the books there was more ambiguity, kinda. The capital, meanwhile, were all HWHITE-White.
@JourdanCameron4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there was a whole district full of black folks.
@SecretConceit4 жыл бұрын
Jourdan Cameron There was a distinct lack of main characters of color, and I think it’s more about representation than anything else.
@phastinemoon4 жыл бұрын
SecretConceit Oh, for certain. And, admittedly, as the books are written by a white lady, even if her original intent was for the main characters to be black, it’s not really reflected in their lives and experiences, especially their relationship with the Capital - and even if she had included some nods to that, would that insight be good representation, or appropriation of a plight she would never experience firsthand for her own gain?
@dorkmax70734 жыл бұрын
The Everdeens as Olive skinned? I didn't get that at all. District 12 is in the coal mines of West Virginia. That place is white as sour cream
@alfalfa_art4 жыл бұрын
i really don't think her intent with katniss was for her to be a person of color, or that would have been more explicit. and her handling of poc in the series (even thresh alone...) is problematic on a couple levels, so i'm not sure she should be lauded for the little that is there. also fwiw, i am "mediterranean-ish" and really didn't consider katniss to be representing my identity/culture at all, and she clearly isn't marginalized in any way due to her race. and honestly, even though i'm middle eastern, in the united states at least i am functionally white, because my appearance and culture aren't racialized/othered/degraded the way they are for people who cannot pass as white here. that would be true of anyone who looked like me, especially if they didn't have stigmatized cultural signifiers like religious dress, so... eh... it would be cool if a non-white identity in the main character was explicit, but it isn't, and i think "vaguely ethnic" is far from offering actual representation of a racialized minority
@anemixnabla17414 жыл бұрын
As a professional in Literature, I appreciate this videos. Please, speak about novelizations. Bye and greetings from Colombia
@daveroberts50204 жыл бұрын
Read 'Who fears Death' by Nnedi Okorafor and any NK Jemisin/Octavia Butler books (e.g. Kindred).
@robinsonkaspar33954 жыл бұрын
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower is the scariest book I’ve ever read. The dystopia she writes is so plausible that it borders on the inevitable, and it is a hell of our own making, an apocalypse of capitalism. Everyone should read it, to see our our society’s most hideous reflection.
@klisterklister23674 жыл бұрын
i'll put it on my reading list! thanks!
@jessicascoullar37374 жыл бұрын
Sounds good but don’t think I could read it at the moment. Gone off dystopian stories. They hit a little too close to home right now and my mind is too exhausted to process or appreciate them. I will put it on the list for when the world becomes a little less crazy, whenever that is. Would be interested in reading some of her work though. Any recommendations for something she has written that is a little lighter?
@mikeciul85994 жыл бұрын
I read the Earthseed books just a couple months before Covid-19 broke out. When protests and looting came to my neighborhood after the killing of George Floyd, it felt like the fulfillment of a prophecy.
@aliliv93843 жыл бұрын
Yup that book was powerful n very scary
@diogosaraiva95473 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of my favorite novels ever! Too bad we didn't get more than 2 in the series before she prematurely passed away.
@xervesblack83994 жыл бұрын
"And while many people may have of Afrofuturism before..." Nope, but please tell me more. Edit: And suddenly my Audible library has grown. Thanks!
@PrincessScrivener4 жыл бұрын
I love how you've cropped the shirt so it just says "Dirty." I'm sure Monaé would approve. This was awesome! So happy to see you on this show, Princess! -S
@jso67904 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I learned a great deal. I teach African-American History, including teaching my students that they must search and seek the evidence that was cut out or actively suppressed, and I love how you connected this artistic movement to that ongoing historical search.
@ShutItKyle4 жыл бұрын
Clipping's 2016 album "Splendor & Misery." It was nominated for a Hugo
@GoldieSC4 жыл бұрын
Love the episode. I hope for more "It's Lit" in general. I love this series.
@farkasmactavish4 жыл бұрын
Hopefully on a separate channel where it belongs.
@dwdillydally4 жыл бұрын
It's Lit is back, and I'm loving it! I especially love that the new episodes are longer and more in depth. Thanks for your hard work, Princess, Lindsay, and Company.
@CheyenneLin4 жыл бұрын
So proud of you Princess 😍
@kahlilme20254 жыл бұрын
I really don't get the complaints here. Monstrum is still a series on this channel. These videos just pop up in between episodes.
@Ki_Adi_Mundi4 жыл бұрын
Everyone who is complaining is doing so because the content they subscribed to that once encompassed the whole of the channel, has been relegated to a small corner of that now re-branded channel which is also now clogged with bullshit they don't care about.
@InquisitorThomas4 жыл бұрын
I think the best solution is to have air both shows during different days of the week so Monstrum airs on Wednesday and That’s Lit airs on maybe Monday or Friday, that way the viewers know what to expect from the channel and they won’t be sitting around waiting for their weekly dose of Monstrum only to get a That’s Lit episode that they don’t care about. Granted I don’t know how big the crew of this channel is and if it’s feasible to produce two episodes a week, so if my solution isn’t feasible the next best thing is to specify a release schedule, like saying Monstrum comes out biweekly, and That’s Lit fills the gap.
@kahlilme20254 жыл бұрын
@@Ki_Adi_Mundi Tf do you mean? Monstrum was hardly a weekly thing. And furthermore, if these past few uploads are anything to go by, it's still a large part of the channel.
@chipsdubbo48614 жыл бұрын
You have a favorite order from a local restaurant, A BLT, it's perfect in your eyes. Then one day, without announcing the change, they add beef to the BLT, you like beef, you'd probably get a Burger for lunch, but you don't want it on your breakfast BLT. You ask if you can get a BLT without it, the answers yes, but they've reduced the amount of Bacon on the sandwich to compensate for the addition of beef, and to bring back to pre beef amount would be too expensive and time consuming. Plus you have to go out of your way to get the beefless version, which is a bit annoying.
@kahlilme20254 жыл бұрын
@@chipsdubbo4861 This really isn't like that though? Monstrum doesn't appear to be compromised at all by the looks of things. And further more, very different experience, considering KZbin video consumption is largely passive whereas getting a burger is an active effort. You most likely just waited for Monstrum videos to pop into your feed beforehand anyway. Not much changed.
@vrixphillips4 жыл бұрын
aw man, I'll never forget reading The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm in 5th Grade. Great intro to Afrofuturism. Got back into it when I found Janelle Monae
@Sara33464 жыл бұрын
Wow I was just about to bring that book up, except I was struggling to remember its title thank you!
@louisgentilucci11884 жыл бұрын
This also made me think of this book, for the first time in years!! You're absolutely right.
@Tziguene4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like something to check out
@johnnyswatts4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, and lovely exploration of the genre as it applies to literature with nods to its expression in other media. I'm white and middle aged, but Ramellzee and Africa Bambaata have long been heroes of mine. Their work, along with that of George Clinton/Parliamnet/Funkadelic, Sun Ra and Octavia Bulter, really defined the genre/movement for me and I'm so happy to see others carry the flag forward in so many ways.
@Arian5454 жыл бұрын
the album Splendor & Misery by clipping. is worth bringing up here, since it is a concept album that is basically a science fiction story set on a slave spaceship
@gameoftomes147 ай бұрын
I’d also like to add The Deep by Rivers Solomon, inspired by a clipping. song.
@rashotcake69454 жыл бұрын
About the Jetsons, it’s weird to think about how scifi writers so often show possible futures with crazy advances in technology but rarely show advances in social norms, like gender roles or race relations. So much scifi of the past has the same white cast, same family unit values, same strict masculine men, feminine women roles even tho this isn’t realistic to what the future will be like at all
@meltmidori4 жыл бұрын
I really recommend the books from Ursula Le Guin, specially "The Left Hand of Darkness" and "The Dispossessed", both science fiction books, the former's main theme is gender roles and how they shape our perception of the world and our social relations, and the latter's main theme is about an utopian society and how life in there would be vs a capitalist society kina like the one we have now. I didn't know the author until last year, and just finished reading these two books, and her stories are so unique that she already became one of my favourite scifi authors.
@Firegen14 жыл бұрын
I thought about the Jetsons statement in the episode and realised it's a bad example because Hanna Barbera just transposed what worked in the Flintstones and stuck in the future. Then sucked out all the characterisation and play on expectations - how would a prehistoric vacuum cleaner work. A lot of that show is underwritten. A lack of social discussion or world building is hardly surprising.
@patricksullivan22614 жыл бұрын
It is disappointing that much of the mainstream science fiction (movies and TV) do not reflect the reality of the society we live in today. You will get one or two ethnic minorities (considering that in a few years we will have no ethnic majority I'll be happy to see that term bite the dust.), and maybe one LBTQ character. I live in a small Southern town, hardly a bustling cultural metropolis, and a walk down the street would provide greater cultural, sexual, and racial diversity. Well... it would if everyone wasn't inside trying to avoid the plague.
@maryumgardner59583 жыл бұрын
Yeah I agree; Judy is depicted as a "boy-crazy" teenage girl and Jane as a dutiful housewife. I noticed that there were no people that look like me.
@garfreeek4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad this comment section is filled with positive comments and great discussions!
@DanEllis4 жыл бұрын
"Even the family android sounds white." Yeah, but imagine the outrage if it sounded black 😅
@badnoisebebopblackoutnetwo33484 жыл бұрын
Yep. Especially if it was the only one sounding black. Still, I get her overall point
@cyber_dildonics4 жыл бұрын
In the 60's? Unlikely. Black maids were extremely common at that time.
@DanEllis4 жыл бұрын
@@cyber_dildonics No, not in the 60s. Now. No one cared that they were all white in the 60s.
@stefan10244 жыл бұрын
@@DanEllis And by "no one" you mean: no pre civil right movement white mainstream media, I guess?
@Tziguene4 жыл бұрын
_ musique that or Aria Stark
@cjthibeau48434 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making on of your first videos on this new channel and series dedicated to this topic! Something I talk and teach about whenever I can with my students! Hope to see more coverage of various cultures especially non white and non western centric ones, and hopefully we will see more videos over at Say It Loud soon too!
@josepholiveira28734 жыл бұрын
Okorafor's comments make a lot of sense; the background, problems, and hopes of people in Africa and people whose families emigrated from Africa of their own accord are related to, but different from the background, problems, and hopes of African-Americans and other people descended from the slave trade (I'm very curious about what Black authors from Latin America contribute to the literature). Not that either viewpoint is "better" or "more appropriate" to the other, just different. What will be fascinating, I think, will be seeing how these cultural lines grow around and influence one another in the future.
@edisonlima46474 жыл бұрын
As for Latin America, I can only speak about Brazil. Brazilian literature overall is deeply, profoundly, obsessively focused in realism. We had two fantasy novels published in the late 19th Century (one of them written by a woman) and the rest was never accepted by the local critics and Academia, fading into obscurity about as fast as they were published. And that even before we factor race. Thousands upon thousands of dry realist novels intercut with a few witty realist novels and a pinch of socially conscious realist novels, though. You can take your pick of our realist litter.
@maryumgardner59583 жыл бұрын
Inspiring! I was stressed out since junior high school about my writing hobby because of trying to think of a plot that might be good and if people would judge me negatively. Now I feel that I can write from my own personal reference as a 21-year old Black woman.
@rami_ungar_writer4 жыл бұрын
I gotta get my hands on some of these stories, especially The Comet. A story from the 1920s that portrayed a black man and a white woman as the new Adam and Eve? Sign me up, I want to read that story.
@liem114 жыл бұрын
Yeah except that they don't really get together at the end, but are shoehorned into relationships with members of their own race.
@rami_ungar_writer4 жыл бұрын
@@liem11 spoilers!
@maciek_k.cichon4 жыл бұрын
That reminds me of 'The World, the Flesh and the Devil' movie from 1959, it had similar premise
@mhawang82044 жыл бұрын
Great job, Princess! I know very little about Afrofuturism. First heard of it in Lindsay's sci-fi episode in the last season of It's Lit. It doesn't get enough love in mainstream marketing. This video gives me a great reading list to start. Thanks! P.S. the Dirty Computer t-shirt is an instant like ;-)
@panzertorte4 жыл бұрын
Octavia Butler is amazing, I highly recommend her works :)
@jaehurd35244 жыл бұрын
The podcast "Adventures in New America" is fantastic, and I'm like 90% sure its afrofuturism and deserves more credit.
@ChrisDixon__4 жыл бұрын
First time hearing about this podcast, I'll definitely have to give it a listen.
@alfredbaeumer36434 жыл бұрын
Great entry point. Thanks.
@Domdrok4 жыл бұрын
Parliament did some funky stuff with Afrofuturism.
@rizkyadiyanto79224 жыл бұрын
want to tell me more about it?
@gmt-yt4 жыл бұрын
Was thinking that too. Also, as defined in the video, we should really give an Afrofuturisticaddillacnod to OutKast as ie ATLiens was quite explicitly (and not just as in ___ lyrics) about sublimating alienation.... But! That Janelle Monae album is freaking amazing. And probably less people know about it -- so I'm gmt and I endorse this video's musical shout out.
@mathieuleader86014 жыл бұрын
I know I maybe pointing out the obvious but I think Naughts & Crosses by former children laureate Mallorie Blackman is an example of afrofuturism even though its an alternate timeline set in an alt version of my country of Britain.
@ChrisPage682 жыл бұрын
I would agree.
@MajorStubble4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Ta Nehisi Coates did not get a shout-out, especially considering many elements of Ryan Coogler's Black Panther came from Coates' comic run. (Not a criticism, just an observation.)
@BossRedRanger4 жыл бұрын
Nathaniel Petersen It’s arguable that Reggie Hudlins run is what sparked the reboot in Black Panthers popularity. The marriage to Storm, and other things started on his time.
@michaelbryant36404 жыл бұрын
@@BossRedRanger Don't forget Christopher Priest.
@addammadd4 жыл бұрын
Everything you need to know about the current state of race relations is wrapped up in a white dude mansplaining afrofuturism with a well-actually about Ta Nehisi Coates. (Not a criticism, just an observation.)
@jupitervilelapietrobon40694 жыл бұрын
I recently got deep into Tade Thompson's Wormwood Trilogy and it's so good. Neo Cyberpunk set in Nigeria. 😍 Great video, by the way. 💖
@emmahenderson27374 жыл бұрын
Ooo added to my wishlist
@m.i.43394 жыл бұрын
I really loved this episode! Really informative! And one I definitely want to share with my students! Since they now share a channel, I’m just hoping we’ll see a monstrum/it’s lit collab! Maybe more on horror novel monsters and their origins in folklore?
@cktheone4 жыл бұрын
Oh my stars! Yes, please!!!
@pbsstoried4 жыл бұрын
Soon... 🧟♀️
@moredetonation37554 жыл бұрын
I read an afro-futurist book in 5th grade involving a mile-high hotel, Gondwanaland, and some kind of mask. I can't remember what it was called. Does anyone have an idea of what it could be?
@johnmccarron70664 жыл бұрын
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. Wonderful book.
@eomguel90174 жыл бұрын
Imma tell you I didn't know what to make at first of the transformation of Monstrum into Storied, but I like how they kept the original mythology episodes independent and we get a bonus of these alternative narrative styles. Good move.
@fortunatesoul124 жыл бұрын
I've had some searchs about afrofuturism, but I didn't know I ignore so much history of the genre. Thanks for sharing
@Senglishify4 жыл бұрын
Really fascinating video! 👍🏼
@Grokford4 жыл бұрын
I am a great fan of Octavia Butler, I read Wild seed and I was hooked. What I don’t like about some of the general themes in some Afro-futurism is it’s relationship to the past. Either the future is the the past copy/pasted onto a science fiction scenario without explanation or contextualization (such as An Unkindness of Ghosts) or there is some version of reality where ancient African traditions exist completely unaltered by the course of time, changes of technology, power, politics or outside culture(such as Wakanda). The former is usually just bad writing, but the latter can often sneak by unnoticed. There are plenty of examples of culture changing without the influences of colonization. Women wearing pants in the West was rare city years ago and unheard of a few hundred ago. Thailand was never colonized and yet their culture is very different(aesthetically and generally) from their pre-modern ancestors. Maybe that’s just a pet peeve but it is a sign of unrealistic world building and I find it very reductive of African people to unintentionally imply that they’re culture is somehow more stagnant than every other.
@LegalKimchi4 жыл бұрын
The jetsons comment reminded me of star trek. Even with how progressive that show is, if we look at simple numbers and humanity, almost 2/3 of Starfleet should be asians. Yet we see an abundance of white crews and captains. I have a hard time thinking of an indian character in any future sci fi of that ilk. From star trek, babylon 5, firefly, etc. On one hand, I know some people talk about not caring of the ethnic background of the creator. The "I dont care if you are black/asian/etc as long as its good". But there is also the idiom "write what you know" and it is difficult for a white author to know the black experience. I also have issue with how homogeneous racial groups are in future sci fi, even afrofuturism. As a mixed race person in a mixed race relationship, with very mixed race children, I feel a little sad when I see non mixed people in sci fi. Like interracial relationships are still so taboo in the future.
@nahuelgioia41774 жыл бұрын
Let's be honest. If humanity ever truly managed to unify into a one state world as it has done in so many sci-fi space exploration tales: 1. It would likely have to happen under a communist ideology, as there are no real incentives for that to happen under a capitalist worldview and no success that big could be accomplished under fascism. 2. A vast majority of that world (that's always meant to be at least a couple of centuries in the future) would be mixed race.
@CuteCuteJames4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, TOS had the first interracial kiss on camera.
@doughauck574 жыл бұрын
Taking it a step further, at least our world actually HAS races in those series. Most alien species are treated as single-race, even when they are played by non-white actors. For example, what cultural or behavioral differences are there between Spock and Tuvok (ST:V)? Technically, this could be explained by Vulcans' overriding, uh, Vulcan-ness, but if there are no cultural differences, then why haven't the two races interbred until there is no longer any difference in features? Humans are already well on our way, if you consider that we only overcame our own taboos against racial mixing in just the last few decades. Vulcans are supposed to be millennia more advanced than we are. The thing is, in those series, the other species ARE the races. This can be subtle, with cultural markers that are unfamiliar or invented, or they can be such obvious expy's of human cultures that the show's creators get called out for actual racism (e.g. the Ferengi, or the orcs in Bright). Not saying this SHOULD be so, just that it IS.
@Crispman_7774 жыл бұрын
Does Red Dwarf count?
@trenvert1234 жыл бұрын
I think I feel you on this. And agree that a lack of mixed race representation is bad. But speaking as a non-mixed black man, I hardly see dark-skinned black women given any positive representation. When I think of Hollywood, and black representation in media, I find it to be overwhelmingly light-skinned, and/or mixed race, and they never really feel like they're "acting black". I know, blackness is not a character trait, and I'm not talking about real people trying to live their real lives. I'm talking about characters in movies and shows. The way these characters are written.. It seems almost like a conscious effort to minimize blackness, when I feel that it should be uplifted and celebrated. I do feel that we should have more mixed race black characters written by mixed and non-mixed black writers who aren't afraid to tackle topics like colorism within and without the community.
@GrandmasterFerg4 жыл бұрын
So a channel dedicated to mythological creatures/folklore AND postmodern sociology... Talk about a defined direction there.
@CSHallo4 жыл бұрын
To-read list is now greatly increased.
@individualm67124 жыл бұрын
Loved this explanation. Now just gotta do something with it.
@michaelcinelli41204 жыл бұрын
Came here from Lindsay's channel Great stuff Waiting on more hopeful scifi, but also this Writing something of my own kind of like this; layman's terms, Age of Aquarius fully kicks in in the near future, turning Mali and some surrounding countries into THE manufacturer of most of the world, toppling the Chinese monopoly (among other things); look up what a Nyamakola is, and then add written language and modern developments/technology to the practice, it's going to put wish-granters out of business.
@murrvvmurr4 жыл бұрын
Okorafor was on a red carpet with GRRM who is working with her when he was asked by a journalist what hhe was working on, George tried to introduce her and talk about their project.. The jurno plomptly reoriented the convo to WoW/DoS absolutely dismissing her! Smh
@GPerla264 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video! Now I have so many new stories and worlds to explore
@bannanafosho4 жыл бұрын
The video was great. I know that the octopus quote was on screen during the bit, but it was very hard to hear you over the water sound effects.
@TheSupershree4 жыл бұрын
The song The Deep is great :)
@LOCKEYJ4 жыл бұрын
Great ep
@itsanteeniya8633 жыл бұрын
octavia butler's books are truly amazing
@eccentriclullaby13574 жыл бұрын
This is an excellent video! Awesome information, and fantastic delivery and presentation of ideas. Beautiful visuals too! Amazing job!!! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿👽🛸💯💯
@marcoquirozreyes98344 жыл бұрын
Could you please make a video about deconstruction or fictional languages ? Saludos desde Venezuela
@valentinaaugustina4 жыл бұрын
Marco Quiroz Reyes you may like channels like Artifexian, Biblaridion, or Jan Misali if you like fictional languages
@shap3sh1fter4 жыл бұрын
Frankly, I'm excited to hear that more African authors and the African Experience is getting more recognition. One of the greatest traits of humanity is exploring our unique experiences through literature and art. So it is a pleasure to see that African writers, artists, and musicians are now being acknowledged for their amazing work in the world.
@cookievampiress4 жыл бұрын
I really wanna explore afro-futurism in my own work
@rimbaud00004 жыл бұрын
Nice
@JaiProdz4 жыл бұрын
Great video
@tofu_golem4 жыл бұрын
As a child in the 1970s, I remember hearing adults ask "Where are the black people (in science fiction)?" It's sad that it took so long for this to get better.
@LeBasfondMusic4 жыл бұрын
The other issue with Atwood's work is that everything that happens in the novel to its ...characters happened historically in real life throughout history to BIPOC. All of whom were erased from the novel. 😬😬😬😬😬
@willow86654 жыл бұрын
This sounds very interesting! I knew nothing about this so thank you! I now have a lot more books to read and stuff to research :D
@9sven64 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned The Hunger Games as "having no place for black bodies" I was surprised. Since, at least in the films, there were three characters that were black: Rue, Thresh and Cinna. And from further research online, I didn't find anyone discussing The Hunger Games as leaving out people. I found quotes from Suzanne that she told people Rue had to be played by an African-American. I wonder why, then, you put The Hunger Games as a bad example?
@aishaaderinto10934 жыл бұрын
I know you probably meant no harm by this comment but having three black characters is not a sign of having a place for black people. The hunger games tackled a lot of relevant social issues such as classism but very rarely mentions race explicitly. I will concede in the book there is some allusion to race and the plight of black people in the story but overall black people are not centered or given depth in the world. When rue is introduced she is quickly killed off, she has one or two pages to explain her reality and then she is used as a catalyst for katniss actions. The other black characters you mention are given no depth outside of the roles they play in katniss story and inspiration they give to her. This becomes even worse in the movies where any mention of race is taken away. I understand how to some people this might seem like diversity but what it actually is a version of tokenism.
@paradoxacres10634 жыл бұрын
This is such a good video 🙂👍
@calmingwaves31344 жыл бұрын
Loving this😊!
@hannavignolo64544 жыл бұрын
Besides, afrofuturism sounds so cool
@rafaelfcf4 жыл бұрын
I loved this ONE HOST video. Better rhythm, better flow, and racially appropriate to the theme.
@PogieJoe4 жыл бұрын
This was a fantastic introduction to a topic a lot ofpeople are only just now starting to learn about!
@TempestWind874 жыл бұрын
As a writer, this has taught me to open my eyes to way cooler sci-fi concepts. I have a lot of reading to do.
@dramonmaster2224 жыл бұрын
Definitely something I need to read more books on.
@Just_One_Tree4 жыл бұрын
🙌🙌🙌 Subbed
@iroxursoxwithjello4 жыл бұрын
Really interesting and not crazy vid! Subbed!
@UltimateKyuubiFox4 жыл бұрын
Something telling to me is The Hunger Games describes Katniss as having dark olive skin and the young tribute Rue, a little black girl, apparently resembles Katniss’ young sister Prim so much it disarms her. Meanwhile, the film’s casting of Jennifer Lawrence takes a story involving two people of color having emotional (and, metatextually, cultural) solidarity with one another in the midst of their violent oppression and turns it into a white teenager mourning the death of a black child. Instead of being placed within POC’s perspective, the audience is made to be within a white observer’s. Turning a story about two children of color forced into violent circumstances and one tragically outliving the other into a story about a white teen valiantly avenging a minority’s death.
@sparklingwater9254 жыл бұрын
I do I agree they should have kept Katniss black because of the source material but I do not think you should hyper fixate on race of the characters. Have the characters connect with each all because of race seems weak.
@Vox-Multis4 жыл бұрын
Of course everyone's takeaway is different, but I never felt race was really much of a factor in the book. I realize that Rue and most of her district were black and I'm sure that's no accident, but I never saw their relationship either as "two people of color sticking together" or as "white girl sticking up for black girl." To my perspective, either interpretation would just cheapen the narrative. They connect with each other because they're both human beings in a terrible situation, and race really shouldn't factor into that connection either way. I'm not sure Katniss and her contemporaries even have the same conception of race as we do. She never refers to Rue as "black", but as a girl with dark brown skin. This suggests to me that "race" no longer exists as a social construct in her world; there is no black or white, just people of varying hues and features. In spite of everything horribly wrong with Panem, it would appear that they have managed to improve on our society in that one way, at least.
@UltimateKyuubiFox4 жыл бұрын
Voice of Adam The thing with science fiction is that the characters feeling their own way about something and the audience’s takeaway can be totally separate. Just how Kirk kissing Uhura wasn’t a big deal for the crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek but a big deal for the viewers at home, the visual of two young people of color developing a sisterly bond and one of them dying creates a subtextual feeling in the audience that is different from the subtext of the narrative as presented in the film. The social commentary, on the audience level, has changed. There’s an internal logic of the story and the external reality of the viewer. In the same way Wonder Woman being on an island full of Amazonian warrior women that functions perfectly well without men in it has sociopolitical meaning to real-world viewers that it doesn’t have for Princess Diana. The characters don’t need to acknowledge it for it to mean something.
@Vox-Multis4 жыл бұрын
@@UltimateKyuubiFox All very good points, and I have to admit I hadn't quite thought of it that way, so thanks for that! For me, race just didn't figure in that strongly, either in the movie or the book, and I still prefer to think of it as an incidental factor rather than a key part of the story and their relationship. But I can certainly see how someone for whom racial issues are closer to home would read it differently.
@abbylibby84954 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I've been a little vague on what Afrofuturism means and what falls into it and what doesn't. This was the perfect resource.
@moonbook124 жыл бұрын
I ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 your seires it's lit
@mikeaskme35303 жыл бұрын
As a African American male who loves Sci-Fi, rather it deals with the past, present or future, i use to wonder where are all the "black" people or POC if you will. Sure on Star Trek the first one, you had LT Ohura, and maybe a minor bit player every now and then, but that was about it. I would wonder, where are the African mythology movies, the African heroes, the African space Captains, and why when dealing with Alien races, they are always either "white" blue, green, and every other color except "Black"? I never understood this and even now, with Netflix, they really dont do it either, why is that?
@crosskitelines4 жыл бұрын
A+ content!
@ScottyDMcom4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I'll have to check out some of those books.
@kermittheestallion41284 жыл бұрын
Yuppp Janelle Monáe
@joshuaspence9764 жыл бұрын
This is pretty awesome. Thank you for showing me this exists. Gonna go look up some afrofuturism stuff!
@kittenclaws57754 жыл бұрын
People somehow missing that It's Lit got folded in two videos ago like -
@DutchOrBelgian4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I was unfamiliar with the genre. You explored ideas and concerns that I was not aware of from a perspective I’m not familiar with, and I loved it. More of this please!
@midknightfenerir3 жыл бұрын
The 3D Afro-Futuristic/Afro-Cyberpunk architecture is most interesting part of Afro-Sci-Fi Genre.
@dantheman29074 жыл бұрын
'The possibility that Africa and its descendants could have a future.' Aren't we all descendants of Africa? Wouldn't that make all futurism afrofuturism?
@spidervenom144 жыл бұрын
No, Europeans descend from Neanderthals. Varg Vikernes told me so.
@dantheman29074 жыл бұрын
Well, that settles that, then.
@jessesmoot12854 жыл бұрын
@Justin A the murder part is surprisingly the least horrible thing he's done
@ChristianNeihart4 жыл бұрын
Any chance we can see Latino scifi up in here? Pretty please?
@BritiLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Check out Blue Beetle (Jamie Reyes)!
@ChristianNeihart4 жыл бұрын
@@BritiLarsen I have the trades of the Rebirth run. I wish DC would release the earlier run of Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle in trade or omnibus form.
@1995pieter4 жыл бұрын
wasnt this the monstrum channel?
@nsalegit94824 жыл бұрын
Yeah.
@Ninjaananas4 жыл бұрын
It was. Now Monstrum is a part of it with this other content. It got expanded on.
@1995pieter4 жыл бұрын
@@Ninjaananas but.. but why? no offense to the new lady but it has nothing to do with the old folklore. Im not subbed to this to get also notifications for this. cant they have their own channel?
@Ninjaananas4 жыл бұрын
@@1995pieter I think it is supposed to support Monstrum so it does not stand on its own.
@grapeshot4 жыл бұрын
@@1995pieter I'm sure you could clearly see what the title of this video is. So did you just leave a comment so you could complain?
@evam69614 жыл бұрын
I'm more into fantasy then sc-fi but i love Octavia Butler her books are so good. I also plan to read "Binti" and "An unkindness of ghosts" it sounds pretty amazing ngl.
@jessm.porthos4 жыл бұрын
I love this!
@beneathshallowwaters91174 жыл бұрын
I respect Okafor's acknowledgement of the origins of the term and it's aesthetic. Many Africans have no problem claiming a tradition invented among western blacks and then applying it exclusively to themselves. They did this with Pan Africanism and they were attempting to the same with Afro-futurism. The truth is that we as black people need to respect each other enough to acknowledge and appreciate our differences while also understanding how we relate and connect to each other. I think this is a style of writing I want to explore in some of my short stories. What I find often is that many Black people try to force Blackness on you, explaining that the white man will always see us as only blacks. This style of thinking sounds very White supremacist, that I must conform to simply blackness because the white man dictates it to me. This is a serious topic that needs to be explored.
@WaddyMuters4 жыл бұрын
I have to be honest I haven’t considered afrofuturism that much. I remember being blown away by old russian science fiction and I am always looking for new interesting takes. Now I have a few authors to take a look at.
@gameoftomes147 ай бұрын
I love the Binti novellas. I recommend buying the collected edition, as it has an additional novella. They really blew my mind.
@sakshityagi67574 жыл бұрын
Nnedi Okorafor clearly mentions that her work cannot be categorised as “Afrofuturism” rather she categorises it as “Africanfuturism”
@quidam_surprise3 жыл бұрын
What's the difference?
@sayakchoudhury97114 жыл бұрын
I think you people should also tackle post colonialism in literature
@mrvrydapperferret17794 жыл бұрын
I knew of afrofuturism in sort of what it is(As you can see I am good at words) but never by name and never to this extent, I found it really interesting
@animeator4 жыл бұрын
Some really good books mentioned there. Which makes me happy. So this makes me happy. Yay happy 💚
@deirdregibbons56094 жыл бұрын
Nice job. I really liked the mention of Octavia Butler, and it is good to hear she is getting the recognition now that she deserves. One of my favorite authors is actually Nalo Hopkinson, especially her novel "Midnight Robber."
@axiom663 жыл бұрын
Princess Weekes is a brilliant commentator where one senses her in depth literary background. Look forward to more videos filled with her amazing insights.
@skkms9104 жыл бұрын
I only watched this because Lindsay Ellis told me to, and I do whatever women say...ya know...because I'm a simp. I thoroughly enjoyed this video, though. I'm going to binge the rest of the channel.
@writersblockandapotoftea30554 жыл бұрын
This is cool!
@zabbiful4 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, really interesting video! That definitely inspired me to dig into this genre that I knew nothing about. But for the future, could you maybe put a list of all the authors and books into the description? Would make researching them a bit easier :)
@sacta4 жыл бұрын
I'd like to give a shout out: The Swordsfall RPG is a new tabletop RPG, like Dungeons and Dragons, but instead of being the ten billionth reenactment of Lord of the Rings with a hodgepodge of European folklore, it's set in a fictional Africa-like continent. It's described as Afro-Punk Fantasy. They even have a World Anvil site to really get into all the nitty gritty details of the setting