Local writers, painters, musicians and philosophers have long been inspired by the Black cultural movement that pulls from the past to envision the future.
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While US presidents have consistently said that a two-state solution is the only way forward to settle Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the US has blocked Palestine from being fully recognized at the UN.
On Aug. 11, 1973, a block party in the Bronx spawned a genre that would go on to influence nearly all aspects of US culture – and the music, fashion and art of countries around the world.
Musician Ndikho Xaba rejected boundaries. He lived and played what he believed – uncompromisingly
Speculative writers flesh out our passing thoughts into complete, functioning societies and explore how they might unfold.
Philip Tabane was unlike any other musician. His music was intimately woven into his cosmology and spirituality.
Something really magical is happening at the intersection between jazz and hip-hop at the moment. Many of the artists involved will be playing at Africa’s foremost jazz festival.
In a gloomy year filled, a number of artists with an Afrofuturist perspective gave hope with inspired works of art.
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Musicology, West Virginia University
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Professor of Religious Studies, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Religion, San Diego State University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Richmond
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Professor of International Affairs, Penn State
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Professor of Music, Wesleyan University
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Assistant Professor of European Studies, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies, Temple University