Originally Posted by
chief12d
Or is Afrofuturism only about African characters in some kind of futuristic African (or African-inspired) setting? So therefore a story about an future where black Americans carve out their own kingdom in the South is not Afrofuturist. Where does that even leave the African diaspora in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe? Maybe more terms would be useful, but they can just as easily be divisive and exclusionary.
At one point she literally says the following:
An example:
Afrofuturism: Wakanda builds its first outpost in Oakland, CA, USA.
Africanfuturism: Wakanda builds its first outpost in a neighboring African country.
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I got nothing.