Black Girls/Black Women Are from the Future: Q.U.E.E.N., Black Girls Code and MBIB #afrofuturism

Janelle Monae’s “Q.U.E.E.N.” featuring Erykah Badu. This song is a much better anthem than, dare I say, “Run the World (Girls).” It is funky and fierce with thoughtful commentary about those who judge and put others down. Check out Monae interview…

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Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth: My Poetry 4 #nationalpoetrymonth

This is the last day of National Poetry Month and I wanted to share a couple of the poems I wrote for the NaPoWriMo challenge this month:

Prosthetic Conscience

We are the abominations:

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And like a bomb in nations

We go off as we enter their spaces

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The…

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Moving on the Wires: #Afrofuturism 2.0 Call for Papers, Janelle Monae + Erykah Badu, Kelis

*Call for chapters for an anthology on Afrofuturism 2.0:

"We are soliciting scholarly research, theoretical essays, and applied studies that explore how the concept of Afrofuturism is related to Africana Studies for an anthology...Authors are to submit a…

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Enjoy these two videos that I recently saw that include themes about earth and nature from a speculative fiction angle. Also, take a look at Outdoor Afro, a social community encouraging the exploration of nature.

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(warning for epilepsy!)

Remember E.T. with Elliot riding the bike into the sky; that was the first thought I had reading UK rapper Juice Aleem‘s title “MoorKaba Light Bikes” on his EP…

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