It has been called a movement, a genre, a cultural aesthetic. Afrofuturism is all of those, but it's also more than a promise that Black people exist in the future. It's more complex than taking ...

Super specific subgenres aren't just for bookstore shelves anymore. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Afrofuturism demands society look beyond the present into worlds yet explored, where the fullness of Blackness blooms without limitation. The definition of this broad, multi-faceted and ...

The creative minds behind Into the Mother Lands are deeply inspired by afrofuturism. “The literal term Afrofuturism was coined by Mark Dery in 1993 and the term was popularized further in an article ...

Some of the biggest science fiction and fantasy epics of our time all have one thing in common. From Harry Potter to Star Wars to Lord of the Rings, all of these cultural phenomenons are centered on ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...